Ken Levy wrote:
>>From my blog post at http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy
>
>After working as a product manager in the developer division for the
>past 4.5 years, I've decided to accept an offer to work in a new
>position at Microsoft. Starting in March, I will be a product planner
>working on developer community efforts in a new group within the Windows
>Live division.
>
>I'll definitely miss the regular interaction with VFP team members and
>the great Visual FoxPro community. I've also had great experiences
>working with the WebData XML team on the XML tools story for Visual
>Studio 2005, doing some community work with the VB team, and helping
>with content for Channel 9 both in front of and behind the camera. I
>expect to continue to do interviews and be interviewed for Channel 9
>from time to time ongoing since it is such a great site for community
>efforts and transparency.
>
>The Visual FoxPro Roadmap plans will remain the same. Some of my regular
>VFP related efforts will be taken over by various members of the VFP
>team. VS Data program manager Milind Lele, who worked on SP1 for VFP 9.0
>and spoke at the Southwest Fox 2005 conference, has been responsible for
>driving the Sedna project since last year. Milind will also be
>responsible for SP2 for VFP 9.0 which planned for release 2Q 2007. Alan
>Griver, group manager for the VS Data team which includes the VFP team,
>will continue to manage all of the existing plans outlined in the VFP
>Roadmap. In the next few days, Milind will be posting his first letter
>on the VFP developer center and continue to post a new letter monthly
>with news from the VFP team. Additional related news can be found on the
>VS Data Team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdata. VFP team members will
>be attending some of the many VFP events this year. I plan to attend the
>Southwest Fox 2006 conference in Phoenix this October.
>
>I can't say much about my new role just yet. To get an idea of just some
>of the developer centric things I'll be working on in the Windows Live
>team, check out the recent 21 minute video by Robert Scoble on Channel 9
>interviewing my new manager, Windows Live group product planner Scott
>Swanson (MSN Messenger APIs:
>http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=144318#144318). Over the
>next few weeks, I'll be posting additional news on what the VFP team is
>working. Later I'll be talking more about my new activities with Windows
>Live once I get started there.
>
>Ken Levy
>Microsoft
>http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro
>
>
Best of luck in your new endeavor, Ken. I'm sure we all wish you well
as well as look forward to working with the next man to lead VFP.
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
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