>>How can the feature set of something which isn't being released for almost a year be locked down already?
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>>Perhaps this decision has been taken to force people who want to use the full features of Yukon to buy a copy of Whidbey as well as VFP9, great way to sell tools guys...or is this the opposite of not putting all your eggs in one basket?
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>>OK, so we're being told now: VFP8 is a great tool for developing and consuming web services. You're the XML tool wizard here - you tell me, does not supporting the Yukon XML data type actually matter?
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>It is typical for feature sets to be locked down a year or more in advance on products, that is the way project management is done. More resource go into quality control testing than development as well. VFP developers have asked for a significantly enhanced report writer, so we are spending more time on that area than on other requests. Over 80% of the features in Europa are based on customer feedback, just like was done for VFP 8.0.

Unfortunately, it appears now that those wishes may have been based on somewhat incomplete information.

Alan