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I thought only MS employees had access to that kind of financial information - am I mistaken?
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It is not a matter of Finance...rather, it is a matter of economics and law. If you read the license scheme, and employee a little common sense, it leads to the only plausible conclusion as to why the royalty free runtimes can only be distributed in windows.

I'll try and tart it up a little more...

Non Windows - MS does not get $ - therefore royaly free runtimes not allowed

Windows - MS gets $ - therefore royalty free runtimes allowed

In one scenario, the royalty free runtimes are allowed. In that scnenario - MS rings the register with windows.

In the other scneario, the royalty free runtimes are not allowed. In that scenario, MS does not ring the register with Windows (no subsidy). Therefore, you must purchase a full VFP license...

Make sense?????????