> > MS announce that there will be no VFP 10, and this time this is official :-(
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http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb308952.aspx> >
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> > Borislav Borissov
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> We all knew it, MS just hadn't come out and said it.
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> I agree with Andy. I have developed some components in VB.NET for the business system that I am working on (Windows Mobile apps predominantly) and love the actual language and framework as an OOP idiom.
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> The data handling is still light years behind VFP however and that is why VFP is still relevant, more than relevant - crucial, as a development tool.
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> We have been blessed for the past 2 decades to have been able to use the DML features of VFP.
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> VFP still has a long life ahead of it.
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> Cheers,
> Jamie
I am sure that other companies will fill the gap opened by MS, but still I feel sad. Not because that step will
reflect somehow on me (I'll have works to do until 2300 :o))) but because such handy tool will be thrown away.
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Borislav Borissov