In addition, see my reply to Rod...

Re: New VFPConversion Site! - Press Release Thread #910940 Message #911351

I already explained myself in the original reply to Ellen. A lot of people have put in hours of work on the version, including beta sites and most of all the VFP Team. To do this type of "guerilla" advertising the first week of the public beta is nothing more than an attempt to cut the legs out from under this version before it gets off the ground.

Let's say you have a tool called Visual Kevin and run a support forum like the UT to support this product. You and many of your deveolper customers are working hard on the next version and release a public beta. The next week, I come into your forum and post something like this to try to get developers to move away from your product because I think .Not is THE wave of the future.

I am still a believer in using the best tool for the job, and have used .Net for a small project, but it is NOT the cat's meow just because MS says it is. Nor is VFP just because we are so passionate about our craft and this product.

>Mark,
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>PMFJI...while I can understand the heightened sensitivity of the reactions here, can you explain in specific, concrete terms why the timing is so insulting?
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>I'm sure you'd agree that endeavors in other areas shouldn't be delayed/postponed just because of what's going on with the VFP Beta.
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>This conversation would be more productive if it veered away from these emotional, hazy, "j'accuse" operations to a more in-depth discussion of *why* so many feel offended. Based on what's been offered here, I don't see any connection.
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>Kevin