I am not singling out VFP. In fact, I said that the .NET scenario is identical to Fox. It just so happens that in this case, the hub-bub is about Fox.

< JVP >

>>>That was my point: Where is the "subsidy" ?
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>>MS allowing you to distribute royalty-free under Windows.
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>Then your singling out of VFP is misleading; by that argument, virtually all of MS' "apps" are "subsidized" since most include "runtimes" or deployment kits (VB, VC++, Access, Excel).