>> And why on earth would you think that? What's in there of M$? Not breaking VFP, I mean. Look at it this way. If they don't break it, you keep developing VFP applications and they get 0$. If they break it a good percentage of actual VFPers will go to '.net' and port their applications there, furthermore, some of your customers will use MS SQL Server as a back end, that's more than a few dollars. Hummmm.... tough decision.<<
This is an awfully pessimistic and might I say twisted perspective of some crazy future. Do you seriously think Microsoft cares that a small 100,000 developers still use their feature complete product? Doubt it. It is only 2% of the overall developer community. Microsoft does not service niches, they service bulk. They are focused on the millions using another development platform. We are off the radar other than hotfixes as needed. They know VFP is used in serious mission critical apps all over the world and breaking things is not an option. If Microsoft breaks VFP EXEs (which are just Windows EXEs BTW) they would be breaking business *and* government applications. The chances of this happening are closer to zero than you are claiming. Microsoft would be sued royally and be back in hot water with the US DOJ. Microsoft is not in the business of pushing people from the Windows platform at this time. They probably care more about Windows than everything else, because the rest of everything else runs on Windows. Breaking VFP EXEs on a future OS will not entice businesses to move to .NET or SQL Server, it would wake them up to use something they will trust more. They might not even know their app was developed in VFP. All they will know is Microsoft broke their business and the apps needed to support their revenue stream. It will stop them from upgrading to a future OS. This hurts MS revenues. Sure some developers will move to "what is hot" for the sake of their careers, but the smart business will hire developers they need to move away from a company they no longer trust and a platform that was intentionally broken. I doubt your version of the future is going to come true. It does not make business sense. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ 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/020f01ca7924$e3543290$a9fc97...@com ** 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.
