>>I don't know, of course, but I think MS keeps Fox alive because of some clause in the purchase contract. Maybe something like "keep updating Fox for ten years in order not to affect current customers". Also, in order to avoid accusations of buying a competitor to kill it (monopolistic behavior).
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>This is a baseless rumor, there are no such contracts that exist at Microsoft around VFP. As for the ten year comment, VFP 9.0 is supported for 10 years (through December 2014).

I am glad to hear that Ken. Thanks.

Alex