I know it would be difficult for them to keep track of such information. I was really more curious as to how many had downloaded it because I think making a free public beta like this will get people who normaly wouldnt try it to experiment with it. If that happens then perhaps VFP will get a larger user base - which of course means VFP's life-span gets longer and then more jobs available.

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>If there is such information, it will show number of downloads and not a number of people. I know a few developers around that downloaded it 2 and even 3 times.
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>Also, I do not think it is possible at all because VFP 8 beta download is now available from many WEB sites. Do you know what is needed to track all these WEB sites? :-)
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>Also, I do not think this information is needed for MS either. They probably would not account number of beta downloads to claculate price for VFP8 final release or something like that. So why they would track this at all? < s >
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>>I would like to know how many people have downloaded VFP8 Beta. Does anyone know if Microsoft would release this kind of information?