>IMO, the only thing that would do is stop dumb things like this petition. I doubt there are many VFP developers that could even begin to work with the C/C++ code. And from what I hear, it's pretty much a giant hack.
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>>Or just open-source it like they've done with the framework, asp.net, etc.

Craig- I admire your technical expertise, but take some political advice from an old man who learned this the hard way.
Calling sincere efforts by other people "dumb"- however misguided you think them - demeans you more than it demeans the people making those efforts.