Hi Michel,

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>"Compete" is exactly the proper term to use it. This is going way out of proportion of what a community is suppose to be. For years, we have worked with other user groups in Montreal for the benefit of developers and now all those user groups have to compete against the local .NET user group being set up and managed, in a large proportion by MS, as well as getting sponsorship from it which is the same company which is the owner of VFP and VB, right? It's just shocking to know that, at least in Montreal, and JR will be able to tell me otherwise if I'm wrong, I don't remember having heard MS that it was sponsoring a speaker for the VFP user group. So, that practice is new but also shocking as we never benefited of such a priviledge for making MS products known to the developers community including good trainings.
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I totally agree that MS should be giving equal support to all of their development groups. I took another look at the About INETA page at http://www.ineta.org/Default.aspx?tabindex=9&tabid=9. One requirement for being a member is Concentrate on other technologies but are also interested in .NET. VFP is at least in that category, and MS has repeatedly stated that VFP falls under the .NET umbrella. So, VFP user groups should be able to take advantage of the INETA benefits. If we can get a few VFP gurus on the Speaker's Bureau, INETA theoretically should pay. With Ken's help, they might actually come through. It might be worth a try.