>Time to start thinking how to purchase VFP8: Upgrade, Full License or MSDN subscription.
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>Most inexpensive will surely be upgrade, if available, but I am considering getting full version as a way of supporting VFP within MS with $.
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>Must consider either professional or enterprise MSDN suscription upgrades; I am elegible for those. Even though I am not particularly interested in .NET for now, perhaps it's worth it for staying in the loop. (My son says I am a buy-only programmer).
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>Any suggestions?
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>Alex

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