Personally Tom, I think you are being too forgiving.

This is situation is unacceptable and can only be truly rectified by a recall to the retailers.

But as well all know, this is not going to happen. As a result, it makes everybody look bad.

I'm passing this bug info onto a friend at Dell. I'm interested to know what their take on it will be with their VFP7 bundling offer. If I am permitted, I'll post his comments here.


>Glad VFP 7.0 is available for download. We all know that software is never complete or “anomaly” free. This is a product that has been anxiously waited for and now it is here!
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>I congratulate the Microsoft staff for it’s fine work. At the same time I have mixed emotions about the “hot fix” issued yesterday. This is certainly a “heads up” from Microsoft and shows they are on top of issues that concern us. At the same time I am concerned that the retail version will not have the fixes. I just hate to see VFP 7.0 “go out the door” with known problems. This is a difficult position IMO for Microsoft but this is the world of software development.
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>Somehow I feel if the product is released to the retail market with problems of this type it will be viewed as a less than professional product. We have enough of that concept to overcome within the IT world. This could just be more “egg on face syndrome” for developers.
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>Tom