Well - its taken me a little while to finish the book. But, I finally finished it today. Generally speaking, I only read it in short bursts as I was eating lunch at work. But, Gotta say - it was a GREAT Read. I definitely suggest people read it - those of you in this forum - who haven't read it before. Dave Fulton comes off pretty Crazy at times in the story. Especially the whole episode of the snow storm - and employees all stranded in their homes - and Dave comes tearing up in a Big Arse 4-Wheeler, grabbing people up - then driving like a madman - even going out of his way to purposely drive over Big snow drifts - just to prove how Great his vehicle was.
So - yeah - definitely a Fun Read!!! Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: A Curious Find: FoxTales Yes - it is entertaining - getting a look at the inside of the Fox co.! Its also fun reading about the development of FoxPro - which they originally codenamed FireFox. And, remembering the excitement of it first being unveiled by Dave himself at the Fox Dev. conf. I attended. So - in reading this book - I can Seriously relate to my own experiences - originally working w/Foxbase+, then being the 1st at my job to get to play with FoxPro. Although, I just finished the chapter where this programmer woman named Carol was fired. And, Kerry & the others thought it strange when it happened - especially since Dave had another programmer, Chris, fire the woman instead of himself. Interesting indeed Momma! Regards, Kurt Wendt Consultant Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Curious Find: FoxTales At 12:04 2016-03-01, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] >However, when I did find - was a small book called FoxTales: Behind the >Scenes at Fox Software. And, in the past I have read some true stories >about technology - like "Mind of a New Machine" and "iWoz". >So - I figured this would be interesting. And, indeed - Kerry Nietz is >doing a great job in telling of the story. Am at the point in the book >where the product was renamed from FireFox to FoxPro - and Kerry is >relaying his work in creating the Report Writer (originally based upon >a 3rd party program - which they then integrated into FoxPro for DOS). A great book. I looked, and, yes, it is on the shelf about five feet away. I should reread it. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko [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/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f2a0...@drexch02.corp.globetax.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.
