>>Made me wonder if it is not a good idea to have VFP 8.0 beta available for download (please see message 694581). As more people tests it, it would require less time to fix it, and reduce the chance (and need) in having a service pack soon after is released. <<

We have a fixed amount of support technicians working on the VFP 8.0 beta, so adding more beta sites than what we have planned would do nothing to help with this, it only adds more work, time, cost, effort to the VFP team. The only way to obtain the VFP 8.0 beta is to be already on the beta list or get a copy by attending DevCon. It will be illegal to copy the VFP 8.0 beta the same way it is illegal to copy VFP 7.0 or most software products. Copying the VFP 8.0 beta, making it downloadable, etc. is in complete violation of licensing agreement and is 100% piracy. Piracy is a serious problem especially for VFP, and you should consider anyone who is distributing or obtaining VFP illegally is not only hurting Microsoft, but also you since it takes away from revenue and resources to the VFP business at Microsoft.

>> BTW, people that'll attend DevCon won't get a copy of it? Think that if Michel was contacted to put the VFP 8.0 beta for download in UT (it would be downloaded by people of the community), he would consider thinking about this idea. <<

Somebody could give away their copy of the VFP 8.0 beta from DevCon to someone else if and only if they do not open and install it themselves, and it cannot be copied under any circumstances as I described above.