On Nov 27, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Bill Arnold wrote:
> 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.
Why can't it? This is Microsoft we're talking about. Do you think
that they're going to worry about a small group of VFP apps? Hell,
just re-write 'em in .Net!
> 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 is very telling in and of itself.
> 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.
Microsoft already has permission to disable anything on your
computer. Why should VFP be exempt? And who is financing this class-
action lawsuit? You can get lots of people to sign up, but someone's
going to have to back it up with money.
> 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.
Again, wishful thinking. They'd probably point to efforts such as
Christof's Guinea project, and tell you to use that.
> 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.
I have to say that you have a grossly over-inflated view of a)
Microsoft's vulnerability and b) the size of the VFP community that
would rather fight than switch.
-- Ed Leafe
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