Stephen Bosch wrote: >Paul wrote: > > >>>>Third - I have enough exposure to Visual FoxPro to quickly rule it out >>>>as a choice for anything new. The fact that somebody is proposing to >>>>use it might give you the idea that they don't know what they are >>>>talking about at all. BTW - my exposure to it did include things like >>>>access from linux apps using ODBC so I know enough to hate the product. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>It still makes me wonder why the programmer chooses Visual Foxpro. >>Sounds like he also rejects many other language and database options. >> >> > >What it *sounds* like is that's all he knows and he's too terrified (or >unmotivated) to learn anything new. > >I have met people who are still programming in OS/360 (using an x86 >emulation environment). Yes, you read that right. These people sell >*software* to *customers*. > >There comes a time in the life of any technology when you have to take >it behind the barn... > > Do you mean a trip to the woodshed where I apply the "board of education" to some technologies I started out with? I don't have any "tough love" for things like FORTRAN. I'll just disinherit those children. :)
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