>>The reason for requiring people to sign up is to prevent the spam that haunts unrestricted sites. The reason Passport is used is because this is a Microsoft-owned site and that's what's used on the site. I agree that some people may be turned off by using Passport, but having had a Passport account for about four years now, I can honestly say it's no big deal.
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>Hi Doug,
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>last statement is not correct
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>MS Passport give you access to download part of MSDN site, where you get all new released products, including VFP9.0 :-)

I don't think Doug meant it wasn't a good thing. In this case, he was using "it's no big deal" to mean it's not a bad thing, he's had no problems with it.

Tamar