>>Hi Bill,
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>>Whatever "it" is, from the context that I have seen it it means that updates are integrated into the shrinkwrapped product.
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>>So, for instance, if you bought early, you get the original for sure, but if you buy sometime later you may well get an updated version.
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>>Now Craig B. says there is only SP3, so it looks like my SWAG was exactly that, and a bad one too.
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>>Cheers,
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>>Jim N
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>At DevCon, Robert Green put down rumors that there would be a 6.0a or 6.5, as some people had been speculating. That does not mean there won't be one before Sedona is released. It just means that as of June, there were no plans for this. From what I understand, a SP is not supposed to add features. The MTDLL had been classified as a bug when 6.0 shipped. The session class was necessary to make the MTDLL work. It there was a 6.0a or a 6.5, that would indicate a new feature had been added.

That's interesting. At FoxTeach in April this year during the opening reception session, the M$ rep (sorry can't remember the name and the session notes have no reference) said there *would* be an interim 6.5 release which would have the new Build Options, various bug fixes, etc. Looks like they decided to forgo that for the SP3 idea instead. Still, it wasn't rumour or speculation (except maybe by M$'s own people), it was stated by M$.