>> It is hard to get excited about the "best is yet to come" slogan when viewed from this angle. <<

The best is yet to come refers to VFP 8.0, which is still coming and will be a great new version of VFP.

>> Seems to me that MS is waiting for us to either move to .NET or to a competitor (Delphi/Kylix perhaps?). <<

Having people move to VFP 7.0 who are using older versions of VFP/FoxPro is of great interest, and then upgrading to VFP 8.0 after it releases. Using VS .NET and SQL Server 2000 with VFP will be promoted, especially since some key new features in VFP 8.0 go directly towards compatibility and interoperability with .NET and SQL Server.