Dear John,

What a surprise to receive such a pleasant response from you.

>>According to whom? The majority of people in the world don't even know that VFP exists.

Exactly. And if they hear something interesting and want to find more, where will they go? Why, to the MS website. You understand the point perfectly.

>>That would be your loss. If I want information on VFP, I know of many more resources other than the Microsoft site. Most professionals in VFP do the research necessary to find these repositories and don't rely on spoon feeding by Microsoft.

Well done, you completely ignored my actual point so you could deliver an insult. My point was that when I am paying the equivalent of $2.80 per minute for internet access in my London hotel, without any of my usual resources, I don't have the inclination to browse around researching. I want a quick-stop answer. Where is the logical place to look for definitive answers in a hurry? Why, it's the vendor's website again. Only somebody determined to find fault could object to that.

>>Its not the detail in question, but the incessant whining by a few of the VFP'ers here who just don't get it.

What I don't get is why it is "whining" to ask for more detail on the official MS VFP website. I've given you two perfectly valid reasons why it seems reasonable that some people have asked for good info on that site. Your response? More insults.

I grant you a decisive win in the insults stakes... but substance? I see none at all.

>>Kevin is a visionary etc etc saw the writing on the wall etc etc... dying product etc etc more experience running own business etc etc head in sand etc etc

Well, now. You know nothing about my success or otherwise in business, or when I "saw the writing on the wall", or when I delivered my first dotNET app... but you feel confident to downgrade my abilities and fire a host of worn-out slurs in my direction. If I felt the need to put you in your place, I could give you a mighty slap here. But why? All this online rudeness is just puerile. Lets just stick to the facts.

>>You need to take a strong dose of castor oil so you clean out your system. Once you can see and speak clearly, you may have something worth listening to.

Now that's something I can appreciate- two sentences that meet more than one definition of "non sequitur".

Please remember that my only "crime" is to point out the gratuitous rudeness splashed about by somebody with whom you associate, and whose style you clearly wish to emulate. Except it isn't "style" at all. Snap out of it.