>So in not so many words, MS has not committed to there being a VFP 10.

Correct, just as we did not commit to doing a VFP 9.0 at this point in the development cycle of VFP 8.0, or VFP 8.0 at this point in the cycle of VFP 7.0. The VFP team is totally focused on VFP 9.0 only, and how VFP evolves after VFP 9.0 will be determined and announced at a later date, some late this year, more next year.