To give MS their due on this one, there is always a printed license agreement in the box that you can read before installation. At least they've done that.

Unfortunately, not very many people read the agreement. If nothing else, maybe these various threads will at least cause a change in that attitude.

Alan

>I believe that Tamar was ragging my oft-repeated statement that the clause was virtually unknown and done without warning.
>
>Often I get to a README at the very end of an INSTALL process. Then reading that "If you are upgrading to Visual FoxPro 8.0, you must first uninstall Visual FoxPro 7.0." (bolding is mine) is a tad late.
>
>cheers
>
>>What's the difference? It still says "If you are upgrading to Visual FoxPro 8.0, you must first uninstall Visual FoxPro 7.0.".
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>>Alan
>>
>>>Tamar,
>>>
>>>You are the first to mention this, and it is good to know.
>>>
>>>But the README is only available after the package has been opened.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>>>But the real kicker for me (and most, I hazard) is that this EULA change has been virtually UNKNOWN by anybody until someone stumbled upon it! This when MS is "building community". A fine way to treat a community. And a finer way to build trust in that same community.
>>>>
>>>>I keep hearing this, but fwiw, there's very clear language in the ReadMe that says the same thing:
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>>>>"You can safely install or uninstall using Visual FoxPro 8.0 Setup. If you are upgrading to Visual FoxPro 8.0, you must first uninstall Visual FoxPro 7.0. Though Visual FoxPro 8.0 and Visual FoxPro 7.0 can exist on the same computer, you cannot install Visual FoxPro 8.0 in the same directory as Visual FoxPro 7.0."
>>>>
>>>>Tamar