Jim,

I think that I didn't make myself clear. The Professional subscription has mostly only the platforms - no developer tools (there are Office developers too).

The Universal subscription has developer tools.

VFP is a developer tool.

But you and I can speculate, opine, etc. all day long. MSFT decides whatever they want to do. < g >


>Cindy,
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>Please pardon my pickiness here. . .
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>You say "...but not Office or the .NET developer tools." and then you say "Since VFP is a developer tool I assume that it will only be available...".
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>We know that VFP is not a ".NET developer tool" even though VFP is a 'developement tool". My conclusion would have been that VFP should be in the professional subscription.
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>Lots of VS6 documentation and promotional material would state something like '...all of the VS programming languages such as C++ and Visual Basic and others' yet we (almost) always found out that that didn't include VFP.
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>I'm guessing that the marketers always get the last kick at the cat and end up confusing us rather than helping us.
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>JimN
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> >George,
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>>A good look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/prodinfo/levels.asp makes me think the answer is no.
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>>You will notice that the Professional subscription includes the OS's but not Office or the .NET developer tools. Since VFP is a developer tool I assume that it will only be available with the Universal subscription.
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>>Don't forget, a developer can use the Universal subscription to distribute apps, so the added cost of the developer tools is rolled into the price.
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>>As far as I know, with the Professional subscription you'll still need a license for your main machine to cover you when you're wearing your "writing home to mother" hat - ie personal use.
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>>I don't see an advantage with the Universal subscription over Professional + VFP if you're _only_ doing VFP. But if you want to expand your skills, or have occasional use for other tools, then there is an advantage. Also, the Universal subscription allows you to use one copy of Office for personal use. So, add Professional + VFP + Office together and you're almost at the cost of the Universal subscription.
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>>Hope this helps.
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>>>I hear that Visual Foxpro 7 is going to be available with an MSDN Subscription. Does this include the MSDN Professional subscription? I called the MSDN customer service center and, of course, the person I talked to didn't know.
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>>>If it isn't included in the professional subscription, I am inclined toward purchasing the retail version of visual foxpro and subscribe to the MSDN Professional suscription for the supplemental stuff.
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>>>Is there any benefit in subscribing to the Universal subscription vs the Professional subscription regarding foxpro related development once I have purchased the retail foxpro 7 product?