Sedna will support technologies coming in Longhorn. Because of that, it can't be released until after Longhorn.

>I'm in agreement with you, Victor.
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>What we've been fed by this "announcement" is whatever we (individually) interpret it to be. There's no "there" there!!!
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>All it really says is that for some period of time in the future there will be an add-on (maybe more than 1?) to VFP9, and while that is happening the VFP Team - what's left of them - will also be working in the .NET arena.
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>Now one could put his rosy shades on and say to himself "Wow-weeee! That's a sure sign that .NET will move towards the VFP model, and that's a good thing.".
>But KenL's opened kimono can also be read as 'the VFP Team - what's left of it - is going to be very busy in the .NET arena so the add-on being planned can't be delivered for 18 months'. Imagine... an add-on that will require only a small percentage of the testing that would be incumbent with a full new release, yet it will take 18 months to deliver!!!
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>KenL has said his objective is to be fully open with the community. That being the case, you should certainly get a response from him that fully clarifies the muddle we now see.
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>I read the statement as "plausible deniability"... it's full of implications that can later be explained as 'I never said that'.
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>Until Ken clarifies I'm afraid it looks like the proverbial "bill of goods". Anyone wanna buy a bridge in New York City?????
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