>Jess,
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>>>>I've known MS by having its roster of Marketing genius. And I know they know what to do if they want more revenue from the product. But unfortunately they don't, simply because...
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>>>Marketing genius includes investing money that will be returned in sales.
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>>It's unfair for VFP as a whole. .Net investment is huge even without the sure return yet.
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>As you may or may not know Microsoft has something like 50 billion dollars cash in the bank.
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>I'd take that as 'real world' proof that they know what they are doing. <g>


They may know what they are doing to accumulate such a hord of money, but do you know what they are doing to acquire it?