>Why is it so difficult for Microsoft to give FoxPro a fair shake? Why do these kinds of omissions continue to occur? It is this kind of thing that makes it so difficult to refute the "I thought FoxPro had died" comment one inevitably gets from IT folks. Perhaps Patrick Monyhan's "benigh neglect" is being redefined... to malignant.
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Because MS is a HUGE company and its very difficult to get the word out to everyone. Also, each non-US office is run almost as a different company.