I don't mean to insult you Bob but you seem to be missing the point. Or perhaps it's me but if I am I hope that others will say so.

The question here is not really on the value but on the contract. What can we do and what can't we do?

If MS could make things clearer here I really think it would end this thread.


>>So about $525 in Canada, and anyway it's only money, right? However MS policy makers want to treat their customers is ok, as long as they allow the customer to throw money at them for the privilege.
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>It is not a 'priviledge' or a right to use MS Visual FoxPro, it is a product for which you must pay.
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>It's not 'only money' it is a cost of doing business. Sometimes they go up. But, how many other business do you know where you can easily make over $50k a year using a $500 tool you only have to buy a new one every other year.
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>That's leverage.
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>But, as I have said before, you do what you have to do. Personally, I think by not buying VFP 8.0, if you are a VFP developer, you are COSTing your self revenue.
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>BOb
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>>Sorry, no.
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>>Alan
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>>>>I meant the upgrade pricing. Because it's impossible from such an upgrade to continue developing with previous VFP versions.
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>>>Taking into acocunt the loss of the $50 mail-in rebate (US & Canada only), I calculate the difference in price between an upgrade and a new VFP8 is $350.
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>>>So how much time will you (assuming you're a contractor and not a wage slave) need to bill to cover that cost?