You asked a question, I answered.

>Really?
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>Would you really consider distribution of a beta package something really good.

I would consider it "something worth mentioning from a Visual FoxPro marketing standpoint".

>Was'nt this done primarily so that the community could look at it and perhaps help in the process to find bugs.

No, it was done to generate some interest and discussion of the new version.

>There's no harm done in providing a beta version to an already sold community.

The beta was available to the WORLD as a free internet download.

>Would you really try to make a good first impression to a potential new client with a beta pachage?

Sure, we have demoed beta and prebeta versions of our software.

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