>Strikes me as somewhat odd that someone of such long-standing as Whil should make such a public statement and recycle the arguments about the pro's and con's of open source solutions, without actually making a convincing argument of his own.

After having read the whole proclamation I had mixed feelings. It was like reading beautifully written source code, but anyway full of flaws. I felt an urge to start discussions, by taking pieces of his proclamation and critizising their logic.


>Perhaps he felt the need to rebel against the society in which he has made a decent living for quite a number of years. Perhaps it would have been better if he had kept his thoughts to himself.

Perhaps he should have kept his thoughts to himself simply because not only he has made a living thanks to vfp. Many others want to continue, they still think it's a viable product.


>Who's next then? I note comments in FP Advisor a few months back from Tamar advocating the OpenOffice product. These public proclamations by well-respected individuals are intriguing and clearly get noticed by those who count on their support. It's a bit like the magazines running articles about how bad a product is, then having to publish a hasty retraction when their advertising department gets a call from the offended party.

Agree.

>What goes around comes around Whil, so you'd better be prepared.

True.