>>>MS Politics? Is VFP their enemy?
>>I don;t think so... I think VFP and its devotees was not appreciated at the time M$ bought FoxPro in a counter move to Borland's dBase acquisition (followed by CA buying Clipper). I think VFP is this embarrassingly resillient M$ product that has survived inspite of neglect on their part.
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>Is there something that MS can learn form this?

Old eastern saying...
You can bring the camel to the water, but you cannot force it to drink...