Visual Composer to replaced by something else?

Dear all,
at a presentation this week I shared some VC screens. A senior programmer of the client said, they look nice but he would not want to use VC. He has heard rumors about SAP planning to replace VC with something else within the next 1-2 years. I'm not sure whether this statement is true or it is just a lie motivated by the programmers preference for traditional line-by-line programming.
On the other hand I could not find any information about the next planned VC releases at SAP's resources. Does anyone have something? A clear statement from SAP would be most helpful.
Thanks a lot
Wolfram

Hi Wolfram,
ask the programmer at your client who of SAP told this and if he had something like slides etc. which manifests his statements. As I know from SAP slides from August 2006 SAPs roadmap is that the BEx WAD will be replaced in the next 2-3 years with VC.
There is also a new VC release planned (there are several SAP employees who gives me the information). This new release is also included in the CE (you can download the trial here on SDN sind today, but I'm not sure if there is a new part of the new VC release in this trial version). The product manager of SAP told us that this new version will released this year.
I think Mario and Luis can also confirm that there is a new release planned and that VC is part of the SAP roadmap.
Best regards,
Marcel

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