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JF - 29 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT

Is anyone that know if there's a new version of FM soon ?? I still have my 1
years upgrade and I was ask to upgrade soon.... but if FM10 is launch soon,
maybe I won't need to :O)

Thank you

JF

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d-42 - 31 Jul 2008 11:32 GMT

On Jul 29, 3:37 pm, "JF" <jffort...@climatisationfortier.com.spam>
wrote:

> Is anyone that know if there's a new version of FM soon ?? I still have my 1
> years upgrade and I was ask to upgrade soon.... but if FM10 is launch soon,
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>
> JF

I haven't heard any announcements myself, but according to wikipedia
the paid upgrades have been released as follows:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker#Version_history

5 was released in Sep 99
5.5 was released in Apr 01
6 was released in Sep 02
7 was released in Mar 2004
8 in Aug 2005
8.5 in July 2006
9 in July 2007

So based on that, and nothing else, I'd expect a 9.5 or 10 to be
announced pretty soon. If not this fall, than almost for sure next
spring.

-cheers,
Dave

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Martin Trautmann - 31 Jul 2008 12:42 GMT

> I haven't heard any announcements myself, but according to wikipedia
> the paid upgrades have been released as follows:
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> 6 was released in Sep 02
> 7 was released in Mar 2004

I received a FMP mail today that FMP7 support will end 2008-09-26.

Not that I ever received any support, while reporting bugs :-(

> 8 in Aug 2005
> 8.5 in July 2006
> 9 in July 2007

> So based on that, and nothing else, I'd expect a 9.5 or 10 to be
> announced pretty soon. If not this fall, than almost for sure next
> spring.

.fpx would be an incompatible new data format again. (.fp3, .fp5, .fp7).
I feel that FMP8 was more some kind of FMP7.1 (or even just a FMP7
bugfix). FMP9 might justify for the FMP8 name, Thus we will not see a
new .fp9 format, since FMP9 still takes .fp7.

(.fpx is already used for Kodak's Flash Pix .bmp format, while FoxPro
used the same extension)

- Martin

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Lynn Allen - 31 Jul 2008 17:42 GMT

>> 8 in Aug 2005
>> 8.5 in July 2006
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> bugfix). FMP9 might justify for the FMP8 name, Thus we will not see a
> new .fp9 format, since FMP9 still takes .fp7.

Where did ".fpx" come from?

FMI does not announce release dates far in advance. It does not
announce format changes in advance either, and to assume the next
version of FM will include a format change is wildest speculation.

The OP wanted to know if they should continue to pay the maintenance
fees that will let them upgrade for minimal cost. Historically, the
releases of paid upgrade versions of FM have been 18-24 months apart,
sometimes sooner. The business case for paying maintenance depends on
the certain cost of the maintenance versus the possible cost of upgrade
fees for the number of seats the business has.

It also depends on whether or not the solution in place fulfills all
the needs of the business. If it does, the case for an immediate
upgrade is less than if there are "want list" items that might be
fulfilled by a new version. Heck, I've got clients still in FM 5.5
because they are satisfied with the way it works. At least until it
stops working on new hardware or OSes.

No one can predict the exact next release date. Based on historical
evidence, it should be sometime in the next year. But maybe not.

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Martin Trautmann - 31 Jul 2008 20:47 GMT

> > .fpx would be an incompatible new data format again. (.fp3, .fp5, .fp7).
> > I feel that FMP8 was more some kind of FMP7.1 (or even just a FMP7
> > bugfix). FMP9 might justify for the FMP8 name, Thus we will not see a
> > new .fp9 format, since FMP9 still takes .fp7.
>
> Where did ".fpx" come from?

It's just a guess, since MacOS changed from 6,7,8,9 to Mac OSX.
The roman number X for ten would be an obvious choice.

> Heck, I've got clients still in FM 5.5
> because they are satisfied with the way it works.

Yes, I migrated myself from FMP4 to late FMP6 - but I had FMP 6 long
enough to be disappointed from all FMP7 flaws.

> No one can predict the exact next release date. Based on historical
> evidence, it should be sometime in the next year. But maybe not.

Perfectly true...
Martin

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