>>>Having said that, are you suggesting here that I have suggested otherwise? To be clear about this, I think the VFP team indeed *has* acted very responsible. And I'm now trying to find out whether that will be case in the future also.
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>>Peter,
>>I all the latest conferences I have been to, MS stated that VFP9 is the LAST version of VFP. In teh future there will be ONLY changes made to make it work with Vista. All other changes come as add-ins like Sedna. ANd thay are mostly the work of 3rd party gurus.
>>So, it seems clear to me, that VFp as we know it is at it's last burst. But it'll live on in our hearts...
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>While this has been implied, I have _not_ heard anyone at Microsoft say it explicitly. What I've heard is that Sedna is primarily add-ons and they don't want to modify VFP.EXE. However, I've also heard the usual "we don't talk about versions beyond the next" to answer what comes after Sedna.
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>>and MS had announced a final support date (don't remember but 2014 come to mind)
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>I've never heard "final" in that equation.
Tamar, my understanding of what MS has officially and unofficially declared is equal to yours.
Groet,
Peter de Valença
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