Actually I think it is exactly the opposite. Microsoft did make many millions off of it. They did that by buying it, and then killing it, which allowed a toy like access to survive, and gave them some technology to use in other products that they would have had to invent because they didn't have it.
Vfp, or xbase had one of the most vibrant user bases out there from anything I've seen. WordPress seems to be the one that is taking their place as they have a framework already set up that you can build complete apps off of. I don't have the link in front of me, but if you look, you will find that wordpress is now like one of the top tens out there in terms of users. -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VFP9 The time has gone because M$ didn't make that many millions out of it, not because of the product. It would not have taken them much to include it in .net On the subject that I think you're on here, west wind, Thierry's foxincloud and even simple ASP.net with VFP dll work. At one time I even had a one page ASP with VFP doing all the work. The problem is M$ and now others saying we are using a dead language (my reason for moving on). I am using C# in VS2012 now for that reason. And stuff that was 1 or 2 lines of code are now an essay. C# does not even have an Inputbox. You have to use the VB one or make your own. Al -----Original Message----- We have great memories of a fantastic tool that fit a time. That time has come and gone. Managers of users today want easy deployment of apps. They don't like the idea of Citrix from a cost perspective. Companies that have bought their competition now have scattered locations which makes for a tough time in the file server world from a VFP toolset. There are sister apps that can deal with this such as West Wind but few people here seem to work with it. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
