Alejandro,

You're reading things into the situation that aren't there. MSDN has been a mess lately with the move to the Passport system, the posting of WinXP RC1 in early July and RC2 last weekend, as well as the posting of VS.NET Beta2.

Many things have gone wrong at a time when the servers are being hammered all day long with activity. Many many people are having many many problems with many many Microsoft things right now due to the combination of new software and procedures in the websites, new high-demand software being posted, etc.




>Cindy,
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>According to the reference you gave, VFP is not included in the Universal subscription. At least they don't list it.
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>On the other hand, maybe it _is_ included, but MS prefers to keep the non-VFP world's attention away from VFP. That would make sense from the point of view that we all suspect MS has that VFP represents competition to their strategy of VB/SQL Server everywhere (now .NET).
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>Alex
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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?