Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > Hey, that sounds like a great idea. > > I bet there are 10,000,000 VFP developers in the world, if you count > Russia and India and China and Viet Nam. We just need 1% of them to > contribute, oh, $5 each. Heck, just $2 each. I know _I_ would chip in $2. > > In fact, what we could do it set up an organization to promote it. And > we could have a board of directors and officers and representatives from > various countries, to make sure that every member's needs are taken care > of. And then we could run ads in the NY Times just like Firefox, and we > could generate this huge groundswell of enthusiasm for VFP and that > would really show MSFT who's boss. > > And then maybe they'd take VFP seriously, and start putting some real > marketing dollars behind it. And then they'd get rid of that 2 GB file > limit. And in VFP 11 we'd get object oriented menus and a new ODBC driver. > > WOW! (in my best Steve Martin voice) This is going to be GREAT!!!! > > Oh, wait, never mind. I just read the paypal thread and found out that > they suck. Looks like this idea won't work after all. >
LOL! And here I thought you were talking about the defunct, never-got-off-the-ground VFP Developers Association (VFPDA). <gd&r> -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ 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.
