> > On the other hand, MS will have to do *something* in a few years. > > Why? The landscape is littered with abandoned Microsoft > products. Why should VFP be treated any different?
Because it's a language/product development system that is responsible for thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands, but even thousands is enough) of running applications that MS will discover it can't just pull the plug on or walk away from. In addition, there's long been a significant lawsuit looming behind MS's "fundamentally deceitful" handling of FoxPro, but it never took on any mass. That will change if MS implements an OS change that kills running VFP applications. The on-line community represents just a slice of VFP users around the world. If MS were to do something to kill running applications, they will come out of the woodwork to sign up for a class action lawsuit. But MS wouldn't let it come to that. Instead the company will find some entity to turn over the product over to, minimally - maybe even expressly - for the purpose of maintenance to deal with this very problem - and then exit gracefully. Even this tidbit would be enough, because it will give us a defense against the "VFP is dead" argument. The company will have to decide between giving us this tidbit or deal with an embroilment. > > I'm guessing/hoping they will turn the product over to some entity > > that will take the ball and run with it. Then *they* can do this. > > 'Hoping' is the right word here. IMO, it'll never happen. Because MS has enough trouble looming in the marketplace in the years to come, they wouldn't want this problem to come to a boil and be a thorn in their side while they have bigger fish to fry. No, they'll settle somehow. Bill > -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ 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.
