First the bit I agree with;

>As far as the book market is concerned - I heard that Tamar's openoffice.org book was at B&N. At 60 bucks - the approx 300 page books is WAY over-priced when you compare it to the Que book which is 900 pages and appears to be a better book to boot.

The rest alas;

>The truth is this:

You are an expert at saying "the truth is this".

>requires an emulator to ...

WINE is a recursive acronym that stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator - perhaps you know a lot more than the people actually working on it.

>Also, from a business and economic standpoint - needing a full license for each Linux box …

The closest any of us can get to the truth is the clarification (sic) “You may use VFP in conjunction with Windows”.

Your argument above is just as specious as Windows subsidizes VFP and that the early Fox distribution kit was some sort or royalty charge – pure drivel.

If you had argued that Windows (and Office etc.) had subsidized Internet Explorer then there would have been little scope for argument. Knowing that IE was or is free, but VFP is rather more expensive causes one to question what is going on between your ears.