>However I suppose the question must be asked: why have Microsoft only now admitted that 16-bit applications have an issue with fast CPU's?

Probably because it's the first they'd heard of it. The Windows group never heard anything from us because it was strictly a Fox issue, not a Windows issue.

> Why did it take this long for this alteration to be made to the base >operating system...

See above. It didn't take that long, because the Fox bug and the Windows bug are unrelated.

>Perhaps you could point me in the right direction to pursue this further.

What specifically are you looking for?