> This would be a great way to retain VFP developers as Windows customers > ... and would cost little or nothing to do so. > > I see no advantage to alienating such a loyal base of customers. No > matter how much marketing money Microsoft spends, they can not buy the > type of product loyalty and passion that the VFP community brings to the > table.
Just because MS open sources the product, wouldn't mean that they'd maintain even a majority of their VFP developers. In fact, many VFP developers have already been 'lost' over the past few years-- many here to Linux and open source, but others to .NET(not a loss to MS) and some other tools. Many others are retiring one way or another. As much as I'd love the VFP source to get in their and fix the bugs I experience, I can't see any motivation on MS's count, and I'd wager money that they will never open source the core VFP code. > No other Microsoft product has garnered such a passionate base of > customers. I'm sure many other product communities/bases think they're the most passionate base as well-- VB6 users come to mind... Probably a larger group, too... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
