>Since there are so many of US and so few of you (who simply can't comprehend that people have desires as well as logic in their critical thinking) why don't you (and your buddy)

I've never met him so describing him as my 'buddy' is a bit over the top.

>question WHY VFP's FUTURE DEMISE IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOURSELVES!

VFP was my primary development tool. That is why it was important to me.

If I find a customer large enough to keep me doing VFP work for forty hours per week over the next five years I'll go back to making VFP my primary development tool. I do not believe this will happen, but I am not closing my `marketing door` to that possibility.