"Brian Austin" <bbaustin1 (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote

They did take advantage of owning the Rushmore technology by including it in
the Jet database engine that Access used/uses by default. That doesn't mean
that was the only reason they bought FoxPro, and I don't think Microsoft has
(or does) normally elaborate on all facets of their business decisions.

They don't even tell us _why_ they make many of the design decisions that
are in every release of every product.

I can understand that there would be many reasons for not doing so.

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