>>The real question is how much value one can get from a specific platform over time; Microsoft has decided not to add any additional value to VFP, no worries, you have many initiatives continuing the job: VFPx, 64-bit compiler, west-wind web connect, CleverFox, FoxFire, FoxInCloud, etc.
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>Several posts have implied that VFP is a platform. I disagree - VFP is a product (and for the time period, an excellent product). .NET and SQL Server are platforms.

Dunno if I was counted as one of several, but I specifically used runtime as "comparator", not platform. As for "platform", in my usage Java is a platform and .Net as well if you include the Xamarin parts/implementatons - WinPhone8 was not built on .Net but more on C and some COM ideas, if I understood the descriptions.

But SQL server ? That is a product in my verbiage, even if parts are used in enhanced or other products.