Derek, >Is this guy terribly confused, or is this new news as of today? The only thing I heard being 'shared sourced' was code built on top of VFP, and not the core VFP itself.
Yes, the writer is terribly confused. The source code for what MS refers to as "the core bits" -- the EXE -- will NOT be revealed. There are too many trade secrets and key pieces of intellectual property contained therein and Alan Griver (YAG) has been very clear in stating that it will not be opened up. What WILL be put into shared source is all the code in the Sedna add-on pack to be released as a Microsoft-supported baseline release by the end of this summer. This includes the My classes, the Vista toolkit, the new Upsizing Wizard, the improvements to the Data Explorer, and more. Combined with the EULA for VFP9 that allows everything in the XSource folder to be modified as derivative works and posted for community use, plus all the projects now in the VFPX site at CodePlex that extend VFP considerably, we do have the opportunity to continue making VFP relevant for years into the future. But the core bits will not be under community control and we are still dependent on Microsoft for any future upgrades to solve any incompatibilities with future OSes. SP2 this summer will attempt to fix any problems running VFP on Vista and it's our best, last shot at getting any major problems solved, so report any Vista problems to Microsoft right away. Once the VFP team is disbanded at the end of the summer, if any problems arise that Product Support Services cannot find a workaround for, the VFP email alias inside Microsoft will be alerted to the problem and Calvin or others will possibly be able to address it. This would probably just be for a future OS change that prevents VFP from running, if it happens while the product is still under official support. David Stevenson http://talkingfox.blogspot.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: 3/18/2007 3:34 PM _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
