>How about this parallel?
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>We "complained" for years about the FP and VFP report writer never being improved. We were even told " you have been asking for years but nothing has been done... take a hint" then lo and behold.......

There is no parallel betwen these two. What was said years ago around the time VFP 6.0 was released was "If you haven't seen an area of the product updated in several versions, it is not likely that it will be in the future.". Also, that comment was about features and not positionong or marketing. My message to Jim was not a hint, it was a point of fact.