>>>>Avaaz petition is on the site is for the continuation of support VFP by Microsoft. The goal is 6,000 signatures, to then send the petition to Microsoft.
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>>>>Follow the link:
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https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Microsoft_Visual_Foxpro_10/?ckipijb>>>>
>>>>This is really happening?
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>>>The train left the station some years ago, Sergio Microsoft made it very clear they would not be putting any more resources into FoxPro.
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>>Mike,
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>>Are you arguing Microsoft is lacking of any 'progressive insight'? I favor those who keep pushing and informing MS to re-evaluate the decission to halt any development on VFP. For sure if nobody is requesting them to reconsider, they will not.
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>>Koen
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>Come on. M$ as dealt VFP like a stepchild all the time.
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>The price/usefullness ratio was much to low. The only M$ products that where as good where MS Mouse at its time and now some Web CI.
I respectfully disagree. MSFT was locked in a fierce battle with Borland over the dBase market and they threw everything they had at it. Calvin Hsia? Eric Rudder. who was one of about 5 guys who reported directly to Bill Gates? They were very serious about it.