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Jos,

>Javier, although I agree with many of your points understand that I didn’t start this thread. I was clarifying another users post and asking a different question myself that was not related to marketing but rather to the decision-making process' used at MS iro VFP.

To have answers it looks like you have to be a member of what I'd qualify as the "Hardcore community". This would be those that have been to a majority of the devcons, MVPs, those that over the years became friends of the persons making the decisions.