>Dear Ken,
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>First, I've watched very closely and think you have been very frank about MS's intentions regarding VFP.
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>I've also seen you and/or YAG state that a local "data engine" for dotNET is high on the priority list.
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>That is great news. Once that exists I can envisage an interpreter that converts the few dozen xbase commands I actually use into C# or even directly to IL. I notice that MS already has a Java-to-IL converter and IME it would be even easier to do one for VFP, so I feel confident we will see one of these in due course from MS or from one of the framework vendors. IMHO that is a far more natural progression for this community than the tiresome "jump now, ignoramus!" exhortations and taunts we get at the moment from some quarters.
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>Second, I do not think people are getting at you personally. They are frustrated, and you are the only face that MS chooses to show to this community apart from an occasional guest appearance from YAG and others. I note that the VB MVPs have recently published an embarrassing call to MS regarding VB6.
"......You have not been subjected to any such indignity, so presumably this community gets some credit for that!....."

That's obviously because VFP is still being suported. Wait till it's not & see what happens around here.