>If you look at the bullet-points of what they are trying to do:
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>http://www.dbase2000.com/commitment.htm
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>If looks like some of the same grips and FUD factors we've been talking about. To quote Pogo, "I have met the future and they is us"
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>>Press release and details are at www.dbase2000.com

I don't know about you, but if I were a Visual dBASE deveoper I'd be reading between the lines here and would be feeling real nervous about this. Think about how we would react if it were announced tomorrow that "Microsoft today announced an exclusive international licensing agreement with XYZ Corp. ... XYZ Corp. assumes the future development, maintenance and marketing for Visual FoxPro... ". Oh, sh*t!

If you think it's hard to sell a client on an xBase solution today, think about how difficult it may be to sell a client on a Visual dBASE solution tomorrow. In the sense that I'd hate to see any xBase product go under, I hope this turns out to be a good move for Visual dBASE. I'm sure KSoft will put everything they've got into the effort. But I sure hope nothing like this ever happens to VFP.