>We all know successful companies make business plans and Microsoft has chosen .NET as a core business. When a division or product does not do well within a corporation it is often sold off or dissolved. There must be someone at Microsoft that likes VFP or it would have been gone a long time ago.

Well, it is sure we have some strong backups at MS. And, a big thanks to all others who keep pushing VFP to get at least the minimum recognition it deserves.