I cannot answer all your questions, but you may find on the same WEbPage the topic "Learn about the features and system requirements of Visual FoxPro 8.0". Perhaps it is what you are looking for.
More details you would find in the VFP8 HELP file (there were a free evaluation version that stop working on February 01, but help file is readable anyway).

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>When going to this page there is a link to:
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>"Read the Product Overview" http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/productinfo/overview/default.asp
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>it brings you to a page giving info on VFP 7.0. For a new product, why is the link to the old version? Where is the link for information on VFP 8.0?
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>>The official MS VFP site is http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/
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>>>Anybody know why VFP8 is not even mentioned on MS's VFP page? Has it not "officially" been released?
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>>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28000961