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>According to Craig Bernston, the inference on his side is that it was not easy for the Fox Team to put inheritance in the product. I actually don't know if it was easy or not. I never asked the question. I do know this, they did it in an 18 month time frame...

I am continually amazed at what the Fox team can accomplish in a very short time frame. Geez..Calvin wrote the VFP 7.0 Intelisense code over his vacation.

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>First rule of debate... stick to the facts.
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>I have trotted out the thesis that if they did it with Fox, they can do it with VB. You and Craig are trotting out opinions, conjecture, and things you have "heard". In the end, it is all here-say. They themselves do not constitute fact. Fox getting OOP in 18 months and becoming VFP is on the other hand, fact. It was done. My contention is that if they did it once, they can do it again.

John,

Where is your evidence that it can be done as easily as you say. You are also trotting out opinion and conjecture. I'm stating facts that people in the know have told me. You admit that you haven't asked the questions. I'm not saying it can't be done. I am saying that people in the know told me it is highly unlikely given the current architecture of the software. This is what I have stated all along.I've also said that if you change the VB kernal, it is, IMO, a version 1.0 product. People will treat it as a 1.0 product. Some will jump ship because of bugs related to a 1.0 product, but it will be a very, very small percentage of the user base. Don't forget how buggy VFP 3.0 was.

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>If you are going to refute my theory, please do so with facts......
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>I am one of the few up here you will not let conclusions derived on conjecture as opposed to conclusions based on fact go by....

My facts have been stated.

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>Did I say it would be a slam dunk?? I don't think so.. I am just saying that it can be done. Both you and Craig appear to be attacking that argument with conjecture and heresay...Talking about rewriting the Kernal, etc... That is all a red-herring. I honestly don't know if it would require a re-write. To me, it is a moot point...

If you don't know, then how can rewriting the kernal be a red-herring?