>>The VFP7 team has only one requirement to MS, that is to show that the product makes more money than it costs. Right now it does, if in the future it fails to make money then it will disappear.
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>Just curious if you know, but how does MS have accurate figures if VC, VB, and VFP are all sold on the same Discs?

Mike,

I know MS has the numbers, I don't know how they get them though. You raise an interesting point, is it possible that having VFP sold ONLY as part of VS would benefit the product (if all the other components were also ONLY sold as part of VS).