>I spoke to Microsoft up here in Canada early this afternoon.
>They said that 'Fullfillment' would only send me a downgrade if I purchased (or currently had) a volume license of 5 or more. I am not sure of the *exact* type of license required.
>I appreciate the suggestion of the MSDN subscription but it is about $1,200 US$ compared to the ~$500 CDN that a VFP 8 upgrade was when it was available.

MSDN Pro is about $799 for the upgrade version, which applies to anyone who has a license copy of VFP 5.0 or later version. But I realize that is still more expensive than VFP 9.0 upgrade.