Doug,

I am just stating the only way FoxPro will ever be truely marketed to anyone other than the FoxPro community a big change would need to happen like transfer of ownership.

I've read so many threads complaining about FoxPro marketing directed at Ken. Don't shoot the messager is my belief. I think he's been very honest about Microsoft's marketing position for FoxPro.

Of coarse I am not very happy with Microsoft's treatment of VFP. I've got long three years invested in the development of a VFP product which we're about to release. With all the hype about .NET a popular question we're being asked is when is the .NET version going to be ready. I have a love/hate relationship with Microsoft. I love many of their products and especially VFP but hate the way they treat VFP, and indirectly me. They want to tell FoxPro users how how GREAT FoxPro is but go to great lengths to NOT tell anyone else.

It truly is a dysfunctional relationship!

Will

>Will,
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>Honestly wouldn't have a clue. Remember, that would be just to buy the product - then you need working capital plus all of the attendent expenses of marketing and so forth..
>
>Let's just let MSFT do this IMO..
>
>>Doug,
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>>Do you or anyone know how many FoxPro dvelopers are out there? How about if all of them chipped in? Would a $1000.00 a head get us close to a reasonable figure?
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>>>Will,
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>>>>Come on all, lets start a fund to buy FoxPro from Microsoft! How much do you think they would want for it?
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>>>Ok.. You put up the first 300 million. <g> FYI, MSFT paid almost 200 million about 10 years ago for Fox. I figure they'd want about 8-900 million for it now, particularly since the developers have incorporated Rushmore into Jet and so forth...
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