Tristan, Andy has just put a post onto Foxite www./foxite.com in the General section regarding the Article and I Quote:
"Too late. The article has been pulled and the author has already apologized for mis-representing the facts. Apart from that the whole project was, and is, under NDA, and even if wanted to say anything, I couldn't. I am more than happy to share my thoughts on middle-tier component design generally, and I currently have a couple of projects running using a similar architecture to the one disparaged in the article and it is proving fast, flexible and effective. What I have found especially useful has been VFP's ability to store functional class definitions in local metadata and instantiate them on the fly when needed. Since the definitions are in metadata, application updates are achieved by updating metadata the table. No re-compiliation or distribution is needed and there is no down time. Regards Andy Kramek " Dave Crozier The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and to lie about your age -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tristan Leask Sent: 30 October 2006 16:13 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: a FoxPro entry in the daily WTF "I know those guys, They're VFP Fanatics. Their married to each other. And they're a little bit off their rockers. Do a google search for any books about Visual FoxPro. Ten to One, any recent books you find were written by them by them. They're based right here in Ohio. Don't want to say much more, they have influence in the company I work for." I wonder? Tristan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garrett Fitzgerald Posted At: 30 October 2006 15:47 Posted To: Profox Archive Conversation: a FoxPro entry in the daily WTF Subject: Re: a FoxPro entry in the daily WTF Ok, let's analyze this one. :-) Anyone have any good reasons for doing the design the way these folks did? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless otherwise agreed expressly in writing by Marine Software Limited, this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the purpose for which it was sent. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. Please notify the sender immediately of the error. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 ** 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.
