>>>>That would be the first time since 1994 that M$ would show that it cares for Fox.
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>>There was also the response when a luminary (Ed Leafe?) proposed a demo running VFP on Wine, provoking a definite MS response. Issue was that while you can apparently use the IDE on any OS, contractually the distributed runtimes have to be on Windows. So you'd need to distribute a full copy of VFP for each seat under Linux which put a crimp in it.
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>As memory serves it was not Ed Leafe, but Will Hentzenwerke.

I think Eds partner in Dabo (Python fwk) Paul Mrzosomething was involved at least in research as well, might explain the Leafe association