"This is The End, my only friend The End..." So, the VFP ship has been
resized, and one of the best Commanders is being reassigned. No problem,
VFP7, 8 & 9 still compile and run just fine. I do not fear The End as much
as I did not want to see it come so soon...
Ken, many thanks for your countless hours of effort and support for VFP, and
our community. Best wishes in your new assignment.
Gil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces /AT/ leafe D.OT com
> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]On Behalf Of Ken Levy
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:06 PM
> To: profoxtech /AT/ leafe D.OT com
> Subject: From product manager to product planner
>
>
> >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
>
>
>
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