On Nov 27, 2007 7:57 PM, Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ed's right, Bill...there's no reason for M$ to do that. None > > whatsoever. > > MS's acquisition of VFP was like a marriage with kids involved. Sure, > the marriage can break up and dissolve, but the kids have to be taken > care of by the parents, like it or not. >
WTF? This is a business that buys assets of another entity for whatever reason. They can extract the patents, or the people, or just the leases. Past that there is no loyalty to anyone or anything. > > But this isn't just a matter of caring for offspring, it also involves > deceit in how the whole matter was conducted. > > We've become accustomed to being pushed around by MS, but now that the > company has taken the gloves off with their announcement, the time is > coming to put the facts on the table and sort it out. In this context, a > discovery process should be able to find plenty of evidence regarding > deceitful business practices regarding FoxPro. > But who cares then or now? You can try to fight it but with what magic wand and wad of cash for attorneys? > The way I see it is simple: MS purchased FoxPro, promoted it (even less > then whole-heartedly), convinced people to invest in it, they did, and > then, years later after people have huge investments in the product, MS > tells them to f**k off. > > Sure, the argument "that's business" can be made, but there's more to it > in the case of FoxPro: it goes back full circle to the deceit by which > the entire affair was conducted. We've heard antidotal evidence of a > meeting in which it was announced that if anyone mentioned FoxPro they > would be fired. Maybe that's just hearsay, who knows, but I think > there's enough 'stuff' that a discovery process would uncover regarding > MS's nefarious designs for FoxPro from the beginning to put legs on a > lawsuit. > So what? It is like those stupid ads on TV where Coke Zero is interviewing attorneys to sue Coke. It is their product just like you own your own property. If you choose to keep the property, say a house, improved then fine. If you live in it and don't fix it up over time so what it is yours. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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.
