Hi Peter,

You have either misunderstood or over-simplified the issue...

1. The issue was BUG FIXES and not "upgrades". We're all happy to pay for upgrades of significance. BUGS are another matter and it is my opinion that anyone who dismisses them as minor/irrelevant does us ALL a disservice. It is immaterial that the VFP Team is small and possibly in jeopardy.
2) It is also a VERY sore point that long-reported bugs remain as bugs even to this date - another issue raised and ignored in your reply. In fact the real sore point is that all bugs go into the black hole called Microsoft. Fortunately, in a few cases, we now get acknowledgement that a bug has been SUBMITTED. While that represents a bit of progress, the fact that it's status is thereafter LOST and UNKNOWN is troublesome.
3) That you get VFPx through MSDN is true, but you fool only yourself if you think it's "free". Your subscription price includes such updates, and I seriously doubt that anyone would subscribe if it did not.

A MSDN subscription is VERY pricey, especially in less rich countries.

Jim

>Someone has to pay for the VFP team. Free upgrades won't. I have not encountered significant bugs in VFP8. I am gladly paying fo the upgrade. Actually, I get it for free since I am a MSDN customer. <s>
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>Subscribe to MSDN and you will get it too.
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>Peter
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>>Could telephone support fix any bug?
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>>I know service pack is only a part of support. But I know Microsoft won't publish any service pack for VFP8. Because Microsoft likes force to customers buy upgrade versions.