On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow...play the MSoft way or don't play. > > Bummer.
No. no. no. It's far worse that that :) Play the MS way, and one day they'll ship a service pack, a security patch or an "upgrade" and some of the functionality you've depended on is gone. Years ago, an Office "upgrade" blew away the VFP ODBC drivers which used to be included in the "Desktop Drivers" shipped with the product. Existing clients around the country suddenly couldn't get their Office automation, which included a data feed via ODBC to work. And that was our fault, of course. In another case, MS decided to disable scripting of some Outlook COM functions, as they realized bad guys were using it to send spam. Legitimate MS developers were using it, too, and we were blown out of the water. So, even trying to play nice with MS is a losing game. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4sjy7nghqbeslm0if8ltjlgrqpgsdaigzwm3y0z0pc...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
