Announced fixes for VFP 9 SP2

Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/

swdev2
Wed Apr 16 17:36:39 CDT 2008

Darn - they outsourced the Team to Seattle ? No 'Redmond' news ??? grrrr
Thanks for the update, Stefan...

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"Stefan Wuebbe" <stefan.wuebbe@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
> http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/

Dan
Wed Apr 16 16:46:48 CDT 2008

Well, I suspect the meeting was in Redmond. The MVP Summit, though, splits
its time between there and Seattle. (Washington State Convention Center is
just about the only facility big enough to hold all attendees all at once.)

Dan

swdev2 wrote:
> Darn - they outsourced the Team to Seattle ? No 'Redmond' news ???
> grrrr Thanks for the update, Stefan...
>
>
> "Stefan Wuebbe" <stefan.wuebbe@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:eYEDn0$nIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
>> http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/

Man-wai
Fri Apr 18 05:41:23 CDT 2008

SP3?

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Bill
Sat Apr 19 14:04:25 CDT 2008

Is Microsoft actually paying a "Fox Team" to provide some Visual FoxPro
support or is this a volunteer "Fox Team"? Any idea who is still on the team
and how long the team will remain on the payroll?

Bill Walter

"Stefan Wuebbe" <stefan.wuebbe@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
> http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/

Craig
Mon Apr 21 11:28:11 CDT 2008

No, there won't be an SP3.

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"Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k)" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> SP3?
>
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Craig
Mon Apr 21 11:27:48 CDT 2008

The Summit was in both Seattle and Redmond. The meeting where fixes were
announced was actually held in Redmond.

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"swdev2" <wsanders@dotnetconversions.bob.com> wrote in message
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> Stefan - is ok - I make small attempt at small joke.
>
> Rick was at the MVP summit, as I understand it's in Seattle at some large
> venue, ya?
>
> Mondo Regards [Bill]
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Craig
Mon Apr 21 11:30:25 CDT 2008

There is no "Fox Team". The people making the patches are doing it either on
their own time or with the permission of their current boss. Alan Griver,
Richard Stanton, Calvin Hsia, Milind, and Aleksy, who made up the bulk of
the Fox Team for VFP 9.0 are still working for Microsoft, but have dispersed
to different teams.

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"Bill Walter" <bwalter@resourceopt.com> wrote in message
news:CB089F2F-BD4C-48E4-ABCE-EBA7A54FD774@microsoft.com...
> Is Microsoft actually paying a "Fox Team" to provide some Visual FoxPro
> support or is this a volunteer "Fox Team"? Any idea who is still on the
> team and how long the team will remain on the payroll?
>
> Bill Walter
>
> "Stefan Wuebbe" <stefan.wuebbe@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:eYEDn0$nIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
>> http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/
>

John
Mon Apr 21 16:07:27 CDT 2008

what a shame. Microsoft should make the code for all VFP open source.
This is the very reason I use OpenOffice now for all my word processing and
spreadsheets work. I encourage others to get on the wagon with the free
stuff!

"Craig Berntson" <craig@craigberntson.com> wrote in message
news:C09361BD-79DF-4080-B2C4-0BB7645BDA5C@microsoft.com...
> There is no "Fox Team". The people making the patches are doing it either
> on their own time or with the permission of their current boss. Alan
> Griver, Richard Stanton, Calvin Hsia, Milind, and Aleksy, who made up the
> bulk of the Fox Team for VFP 9.0 are still working for Microsoft, but have
> dispersed to different teams.
>
> --
>
> Craig Berntson
> Microsoft MVP
>
> -------------
> "Bill Walter" <bwalter@resourceopt.com> wrote in message
> news:CB089F2F-BD4C-48E4-ABCE-EBA7A54FD774@microsoft.com...
>> Is Microsoft actually paying a "Fox Team" to provide some Visual FoxPro
>> support or is this a volunteer "Fox Team"? Any idea who is still on the
>> team and how long the team will remain on the payroll?
>>
>> Bill Walter
>>
>> "Stefan Wuebbe" <stefan.wuebbe@gmx.de> wrote in message
>> news:eYEDn0$nIHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Today, Rick Schummer reported news from Seattle in his blog:
>>> http://www.rickschummer.com/blog/
>>
>

Man-wai
Tue Apr 22 05:07:27 CDT 2008

Craig Berntson wrote:
> No, there won't be an SP3.

T.T <-- crying. :)

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Craig
Wed Apr 23 09:46:31 CDT 2008

So, you're telling me that if you have a problem with OpenOffice that you'll
go in and fix it?

The VFP core is written in C++. Very few Fox developers could go in and fix
anything there. Additionally, there is lots of Microsoft intellectual
property in the code. Microsoft has stated many times that it will not
release the C++ code.

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"John Germany" <jgphotography@windstream.net> wrote in message
news:eAZfGP$oIHA.4848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> what a shame. Microsoft should make the code for all VFP open source.
> This is the very reason I use OpenOffice now for all my word processing
> and spreadsheets work. I encourage others to get on the wagon with the
> free stuff!

Stefan
Tue May 06 11:16:35 CDT 2008


"Craig Berntson" <craig@craigberntson.com> wrote in message
news:332EA0DE-0FB8-49F1-961C-27246003921D@microsoft.com...
> No, there won't be an SP3.

Who knows?, a few days ago, MS released a new hotfix for VFP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948528/en-us

Among other things, it says:
>>
[...]
Article ID : 948528
Last Review : April 30, 2008
Revision : 1.0
[...]
Hotfix information
[...]
Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait
for the next Visual FoxPro 9.0 service pack that contains this hotfix.
[...]
>>



Regards
-Stefan




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