It looks like MS really want to kill the FOX.

If it does'nt die because developers stop using it then MS finally found the legal way to do it.



>Denis,
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>No, the VFP7 license agreement did NOT have wording like this and does allow continued use of VFP6 or whatever was used to qualify for the "upgrade".
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>I guess the only "solution" is to buy a FULL VERSION VFP8 or to buy the MSDN that includes it (in which case a MSDN clause overrides the bad one in VFP8).
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>But this, along with UNsupported NT4, is SURELY going to hurt VFP8 sales, and this is something that we do NOT NEED!!!
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> >>>You're joking right...
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>>>>Guy
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>>>>>I original post on this was incorrect. Upgrade license requires that customers uninstall the older product and use only the new product. As part of incentive that customers get by buying an upgrade, this is a restriction that Microsoft puts.
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>>>No, I would not joke about license agreement statements. This is in the VFP 8.0 legal agreement. I believe the message that I responded to contains the text in the VFP legal agreement which defines this.
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>>Was it the same in VFP 7?
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>>I mean if I upgraded to VFP7 can I still use VFP6.
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>>Did it just start with VFP8?
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>>What should be done with customers that have apps that were developed for clients using VFP 7 and for whatever reasons don't need to go to VFP8.
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>>A reason for that could be that I used third party tools that worked well with VFP7 but now give me problems with VFP8.