>>I was being facetious, but only half-so. You are the UT owner, of course you have the power to do so. That's not to say you should or would - two wrongs don't make a right, and reducing total traffic here couldn't be good for your business.
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>Yes, I agree that having the ownership of the product/company allows me to create some initiatives like that. But, in overall, I usually start by initiating phone calls. In this case, all I can offer is support. Despite the fact that I know a lot of information in this, I'm not involved directly with a user group. I can offer logistic, support, proposal of concepts, etc., but I'd leave that up to Montreal user group leaders to see if some of that should happen. I have always given some support to user groups over the years. This is some kind of activities that I like to help into. Of course, it was not the case in 1993. In the first years, I was involved in some work into that, hosting and maintaining the Web site, presenting, writing the newsletter (at a few occasions), etc. At that time, I was also starting to get involved more. But, after a few years in it, you start to know a little bit more on how the wheel is turning. When I started doing FoxPro, it was in 1988. I was pretty much
>isolated in the office at the University where I was working. Then, I started to attend conferences. And, suddenly, I've been involved in attending a meeting with some people who wanted to form the Montreal Visual FoxPro User Group. This is pretty much my history in that.
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>So, that said, I like things to be done fair. :) I don't think it's the case in the original topic of this thread. Some user groups in Montreal have done a terrific job over the years. You can't just turn off the door against them at this point without providing explanations, asking/proposing them new/updated solutions, etc.

MS certainly CAN shut the door on user groups if it so chooses. It is breaking no laws or contracts. All we can do is apply moral suasion.

And, by raising the topic here, I think you're doing a good job!