Jerry Wolper wrote: > I ran into an old friend several years ago who was in Microsoft > management, and we discussed FoxPro a bit. (I found out later that my > friend was in position to know exactly what was going on.) I was told > that M$ acquired FoxPro to compete with Borland, and that once that > succeeded, they wanted to kill the Fox, but (a) they were afraid that > FoxPro developers would turn to non-M$ products, and (b) the Fox team > inside the company was small but tenacious. > > Even if you want to argue that Microsoft acquired FoxPro with the > intent of killing it, the extra decade-plus that they've continued to > develop it undercuts your argument. > > -Jerry Wolper > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Say hi to Bill for me, Jerry. <g> -- 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 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.
