Here are some random points that may help clarify things, in no particular order:
1. The reasons that MS absorbed FoxPro to begin with are rooted in the late 80's and early 90's, or in Internet terms, the Jurassic. FoxPro's shelf-life has exceeded almost every other tool out there; it has had an unusually long run. 2. Microsoft has changed direction since those times, and are much more Enterprise focused; this is where the most money is to be made, which is useful because they are a business. 3. Microsoft makes money on product churn; see Windows, MS Office , etc. Developer tools need to be churned regularly to keep revenue flowing. That is the model for that part of the business. 4. .NET will be replaced one day by the next-greatest-thing-in-software-development; it will have a learning curve that dwarfs .NET. 5. This will be the way of things as long as folks vote with their wallets. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Crooks Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Design Question On Friday, April 11, 2008 10:16 AM Bill Arnold wrote: >I understand that you don't understand, but what I don't understand is the MS-lackey role you're playing. MS doesn't give a hoot about >us, they just managed to painted themselves into a corner with VFP. Evidentially MS's plan all along was to buy out and kill VFP, but >the VFP team delivered a great product, which flew right in the face of Bill Gates' >plan to build around Basic from day 1. The whole .NET/CLR thing brought this to a head because at that time MS was forced to finally >choose between the Basic and xBase paradigms because .NET had to go one way or the other. The decision was pre-ordained and Basic got >the nod and VFP the boot. _______________________________________________ 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.
