Terry,

>Forgive me, guys, but I'm just curious. I'm not sure if VFP 9 is available world-wide yet but, in any case, it's hardly out of its box and this is not the first enquiry as to when 10 will be out. What gives here?

Thanks. My sentiments exactly. In fact, here are the first two paragraphs of my upcoming March editorial in FoxTalk 2.0:

FROM THE EDITOR
VFP 9 is here! What’s next?
by David Stevenson

Almost two years after the release of VFP8, Visual FoxPro 9.0 released to manufacturing in December and is now available through retail channels as well as in MSDN subscriptions! As is usual in the Fox community, the announcement of VFP9’s release was met by a chorus of, "But what about the next version?"

Good grief. Get a grip, people. What comes next? Duh—get VFP9 and use it!