>> Another silly question. Will this be the same version that was given out at Devcon, or will it be a later version of the beta?

The VFP 8.0 beta download is the same exact version of VFP 8.0 beta as given out on CD at DevCon and other recent and upcoming conferences. The next version of VFP 8.0 that will be available will be the final release version very early next year.