please see my reply to Craig
Re: Microsoft's position on Visual FoxPro and .NET Thread #908177 Message #908231

>"so, that means that 'we' others do not "understand the reality"?
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>Well, you asked, so I'll respond (nicely, of course)...
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>Stripping aside all emotional context, you really don't understand the reality, or at least not to the level that the others do. There's nothing 'wrong' with that - the learning process goes from not understanding to understanding. The painful part is the transition.
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>You need to realize that Microsoft doesn't want VFP developers to learn .NET - it wants ALL developers to learn .NET. That includes VB developers, some of whom felt 'alienated' by .NET. And there are more VB developers and VB apps out there than there are VFP apps. And as angry as some VBers (and some VFPers) are, I know many who dusted off their knees and learned .NET.
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>No one has called you 'stupid'. My personal opinion is that this objective/movement is naive and a bit hyper-sensitive, but those are no transgressions towards anyone except possibly yourselves.
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>Kevin