>But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Whil got a call this
>afternoon from a semi-highly placed person from M$ who warned him that he
>would be in violation of the EULA for VFP if he demonstrated (or ran) VFP on
>a Linux OS. that he might run into some trouble from their huge stable of
>lawyers. There has been some discussion of letting M$ know how we feel
>about this attack on our potential livelihood. I intend to do just that.

For what it's worth, emulators have been around since the 70's.

I can make all the "rules" I want; that doesn't mean they are all enforceable.

One has certain rights to being able to make a living (when there is no viable alternative) that no one else can take away.

Don't talk about it; just do it.

Give the consumer the option. GM doesn't tell me where I can or cannot drive my car.