Jim,

You are leaving out an extremely important point in your argument. IE and .NET are strategic to MS. There is a hugh difference between IE, .Net and VFP at MS.

PF

>John,
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>SNIP
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>>The day comes when VFP stops generating a profit - that is the day VFP will stop - feelings and sentiment in the community nothwithstanding. That is not to say it could not happen sooner.
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>Now ther's an over-simplification and a piece of pure unadulterated CRAP if I ever saw one :)
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>Does IE "generate a profit"? Does .NET "generate a profit"?
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>Most companies, and especially those the size of MS, recognize that they do have OBLIGATIONS to existing users (which, by the way, extends far far beyond the developer population).
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>Go play in the .NET forum, John. Your words will undoubtedly be very welcomed THERE.
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>Jim
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>>John