Yes, but look at this MS page:

http://www.microsoft.com/italy/msdn/prodotti/vfoxpro/evaluation/annunciofox9.mspx

click on the left the "Dove comprare" link which means "Where to buy", there are listed 5 italian distributors.
Two of this five sell VFP9:

One is this:
http://www.mediadirect.it/cataloghi/s_e_h/results.asp?dicitura=foxpro&menu=%2Fcataloghi%2Fs_e_h%2Fresults.asp

an the second one:
http://www.gorilla.it/gorilla/product.asp?sku=X000235668&dept%5Fid=

How can they sell VFP9 if it's not released yet??

franco

>VFP 9 has not been released yet. The MSDN newsletter must have jumped the gun on announcing it's release.
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>>Well, I don't know in rest of the world (maybe I miss something), but in Italy VFP9 is available and sold!
>>The italian MSDN newletter I received yesterday, says that VFP9 is available. The italian MS site say that VFP9 is available:
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>>http://www.microsoft.com/italy/msdn/prodotti/vfoxpro/evaluation/annunciofox9.mspx
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>>and here you can buy it at about 703 euro:
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>>http://www.gorilla.it/gorilla/product.asp?sku=X000235668&dept%5Fid=
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>>(this site is linked from the "where to buy" MS web page)
>>the official VFP website doesn't mention this, is MS Italy ahead the rest of the world?
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>>Franco