Microsoft has breathed some life into its Visual FoxPro development suite. A public beta of "Europa," the next incarnation of FoxPro, is available for downloads as part of a public beta program. Thousands of existing FoxPro users will be able to upgrade and reap the benefits of a remodeled user interface, as well as IntelliSense support and other improvements. Europa is due out by the end of the year.
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The latest provision in the EU's telecoms regulatory framework would let businesses cancel individuals' Internet access, if they go to court first.
Apple has killed Atom support in OS X 10.6.2 and Windows 7 Starter Edition is stripped of "basic" functionality.
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VFP has had IntelliSense for several versions. It's improved in VFP 9.0. The biggest changes are a vastly overhauled reporting system. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/ for more info.
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|Ahh yes, the little known hero of Microsoft. Well VFP 9.0 beta is awsome. Too bad MS doesent do more to market this development tool...its quite nice.
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