I agree. It's not really true, but it has a grain of truth in it. remember when SP1 was brought out for VFP7? Ken announced at that time that there would be no more sp's for vfp7. None. He didn't say 'Unless there are critical bugs'. He simply said no more. In that instance, we really were put in the position of knowing in advance that if we wanted bug fixes, we'd have no choice but to buy vfp8.

At least this time, the wording was 'no current plans', and not 'no way'.

In general, I agree that at some point a line needs to be drawn in the sand, and over that line, no more tinkering. But sometimes, I think MS draws that line just a tad soon for my liking.

Alan

>That's just plain not true. Every version of VFP has fixed bugs that previously existed. This was especially true of VFP8. Every SP that has been released has fixed bugs...that's the primary purpose of an SP.
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>>Well Craig, nothing personal but since you are the one everyone is taking shots at i'll put my 2 cents here. I have been working with fox since it was titled FoxBase. I've been through the wringer with all of the releases since MS bought it and the years of MS rumors. I keep buying and it keeps earning me a living. I don't think that my issue with MS is necessarily Fox specific. Rather I have a problem with any company that sells me a product advertised or documented to perform a specific task in a specific fashion and then fails to correct _any_ problems that occur with their product claims. This to me smacks of dishonesty. I feel that it is arrogant of MS to contend that if I want a product that I have already purchased to work as advertised I have to be ready to by a new version to fix the one that I already have.
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>>Again, nothing personal here but I feel that MS has grown accustomed to taking advantage of the developer community and this is just a sign of their corporate culture.
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