The Register: MS Legal Threat Derails Foxpro on Linux Demo

“Microsoft has enraged the developer community after a Redmond
executive last week threatened a software developer to prevent him
from demonstrating a Microsoft application running on Linux.

“Whil Hentzen, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was to have presented a
seminar showing how to run Microsoft’s Visual FoxPro on Linux at
the Bay Area Association of Database Developers last Wednesday.

“But prior to the demonstration Hentzen received a call from a
Microsoft marketing manager telling him that he would be in
violation of the EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) for VFP if he
demonstrated (or ran) the development tool on Linux…”

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