>>You've said that the improvements between some versions weren't enough,
>>in your eyes, to warrant the upgrade. As far as I can see you could >continue to use whatever version you had at the time and not upgrade
>>until you personally were ready to.
>
>I currently develop in FoxPro DOS 2.6 and VFP6 on a daily basis and partially disagree with your assertion.
>
>Several years ago, we asked, "To VFP or not to VFP?" and decided that the DOS product was sufficient for our needs and we knew it well. We've since revised our stance and have started migrating development efforts towards Visual FoxPro due to lack of third-party support for all things DOS. :)

Hi Jason,

I was responding to the idea that people were being "pushed" to use the newer versions and I visualized someone thinking they were "pushed" from VFP6 or VFP7 to VFP8. As far as being "pushed" to discontinue DOS, well, to me it's like leaving the "dark ages."