>>I've tried to keep my mouth shut about this, but I'm getting tired of the patronizing attitude and innuendo and the like. I don't know how others feel, but I would never sign something that says I might be willing to sign something in the future, especially in an online venue where my name might be abused. When there's a real letter, I'll read it and consider whether I'm willing to put my name to it. Until then, I'll wait. I doubt I'm the only one who feels this one.
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>That's a good point, and one that gave me pause. Well, at least I waited to sign up until I saw a significant # of prominent people go ahead of me. I'm not sure if that makes me cowardly or what, but I support the general idea of the movement, and am crossing my fingers that there are now enough good people involved to come up with a good end-product...

Bruce,

Please forgive my editing, but I do want to make point about this remark.

What I can't understand is why someone's status within the community should make a difference to you. We've known each other in this forum for at least a couple of years and I've come to know you as a highly intelligent individual, who is perfectly capable of making rational, well-thought out decisions about something like this. In short, keeping your own counsel, is, more often than not a wise decision. If you have questions about something, you ask them or ask to confirm your decision. Further, Bruce, it's your tool as well as those other "prominent people". You opinion should matter no more, nor less than theirs.

I spoke sometime back with John Koziol about the possibilities of "taking the Fox out of the box". My reaction to John at the time was that I was ambivalent about it. The fact that it has come to pass, does not bring me either joy or fear about the future. If anyone wonders why, well, Fox is pretty far down the list in the order of the languages I've learned, no higher than at least fifth. Yes, it's the language I'm currently most familar with and the right tool for me right now. However, if Microsoft announced tomorrow that after 7.0 there would be no more versions, I'd just go off and pick up another language (and if the past is any indication, probably do OK in whatever I chose).

If someone were to ask me, "Are you a FoxPro programmer", I'd answer, "No, I'm a programmer. I happen to currently be working in FoxPro". Or, to paraphrase JVP, "I am not my tool".

Hope you have a good weekend.

Regards,