>Intersting point from Visual FoxPro Developer Center
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/
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>SP1 for Visual FoxPro 8.0 is in beta now and will be released sometime in September 2003 online for free download
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>But if i remember correctly there was no SP1 planned for VFP 8,its directly to VFP 9.

You're right. Apparently some issues that required immediate addressing have come to light. That's why it's important to provide Microsoft with replicatable instances of any bugs. I would think that a large part of this change in plan is due to this sort of effort from people here.