>When I asked about why VFP fared worse than what was essentially a terminated tool (VB 6.0), I was told quickly and unequivocally that the next version of VFP (8.0) would be the last version of VFP, and that 8.0 would be coming out in about 18 months (that sounded about right). Our top IT officers and some consultants (PlaNet Consulting out of Omaha, NE) who are helping out with the analysis had talked with Microsoft officials in the area very recently and had been told quite certainly that VFP 8.0 was the final iteration.
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Joe,

Normally, I don't comment on stuff like this. However, it's Friday and it's been a rough week and I'm in a nasty mood.

It's pure and utter nonsense. What's color were this guys eyes? Brown? They should be because he's full of it up to his eyebrows at least. He's suffering from flatulence of mouth.

They're trying to sell you a bill of goods. First, the 18 month business is pure speculation. It sounds like a perversion of Moore's Law in some way's.

Second, these supposed "Microsoft officials" either violated an NDA, aren't in any position to know, or are simply speculating themselves. If it's the former, how trustworthy and reliable source of information would you consider them? The same question would apply to the latter two possibilities.

I don't know who said it first. I think I heard it from either Ken Levy or Jim Booth first: "Those who know, can't talk. Those who talk, can't know."