No, but it does mean that

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET PERIOD.

That is alittle disappointing.


> > MS announce that there will be no VFP 10, and this time this is official :-(
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> Yes, but they also state that they will continue support for VFP until 2015 and will continue the development and release of the enhancements to keep VFP running under Vista at no charge, and release more tools to the community.
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> No real surprises here they have been saying this since before Ken Levy departed almost 18 months ago.
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> And before we start the "Sky is falling" chorus, just consider how many people are still using VFP 6.0 (never mind 7.0 or 8.0) - a version that was released 8 years ago and is no longer even supported. Now add in those who still use FP DOS, and FP 2.6W (products that died 12 years ago) and explain to me why this matters?
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> Just because Microsoft say they won't release a Version 10 doesn't mean any of the following:
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> that VFP is going to stop working,
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> that its data handling and integration capabilities have gone away,
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> that the reasons that you chose VFP as your development tool to begin with have changed,
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> that you can no longer create and distribute royalty free EXE data-based applications
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> that the capabilities and extensibility that make VFP the most powerful desktop database have changed
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> Just my $0.20c worth...
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> Regards
> Andy Kramek
> Microsoft MVP (Visual FoxPro)
> Tightline Computers Inc, Akron Ohio, USA