Ken,

I hear a theory that VFP8 won't ship if there are not at least X copies of VFP7 sold. Do we really need to push upgrades just for the sake of VFP8, or is 8 going to ship regardless? The quotes below are where I get this idea.

Carl Karsten


>> Upgrading to 7 is the key. The only developers that will upgrade are those that either use the product or are part of teams that are using the product. There will be very little influx from other sources. If there is an influx, it will be very insignficant. <<

>This is correct, developers need to upgrade to VFP 7.0. The Fox team is and will be measured by the number of developers who upgrade to VFP 7.0 or MSDN subscriptions, that is what determines the future of VFP more than anything else.

>> In my opinion, and I know this is an opinion shared by others, a way to help ensure upgrades to 7.0 is to add things like the grid-row-highlight planned for Toledo in a service release of 7. Perhaps adding the auto-incrementing keys would be a good step too. Again, if folks don't upgrade to 7, there very well may not be an 8. <<

>Let me get right to heart of my point... Unless enough people upgrade to 7, version 8 is a moot point. The idea behind my suggestion is to ENSURE people upgrade to 7, thereby ensuring a version 8.