>>>>Microsoft is currently developing VFP 7, and I don't see any reason why there
>>>>should follow a VFP 8.
>>>
>>>Should, or should not?
>>
>>A big "IT SHOULD!"
>
>My thoughts exactly.
>But (there's always one, right?), I wonder if M$ should voice it.
>I mean, how can you sell a software if you're always promising a next version?
>How can you say "Here, buy this one. We're developing a better version, and then you buy it again."?
>
>It's been M$ policy (and very well, IMO) to say wonders of the newest version and the worse about the previous. This with all their software.
>I don't think they can say that the current version is crap and that the future version is a lot better. Big Bill wouldn't be so rich, I guarantee you.
>
>Just a thought. But it's been a long week.
>
>Alex.

Yes, I went to the SQL Server 7.0 'brainwashing' launch yesterday where Steve Balmer talked about how slow 6.5 was but he wanted us to concentrate on the what they are delivering now. The two things that impressed me was the number of large companies using SS7 beta in production and one query a customer talked about that took 14 minutes in 6.5 and about a 1 min. in SS7.

Just some more competition for VFP!
DLC