>>>hello George
>>>
>>>yup, it was February.
>>>http://www.foxprohistory.org/foxprotimeline.htm#summary_of_fox_releases
>>>
>>>
>>>>VFP 8.0 RTMed in February, IIRC. Which would be, given an 18 month period between versions, 9.0 would be around August.
>>
>>Thanks, Gunnar. At my age this can seem something akin to a guess.:-)
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>you're welcome :-)
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>it also shows that JVP is wrong on the other releases.

I'm not defending anyone, but yes, you're right.