Bob Calco wrote: > Paul and Dave really ought to be ashamed. Pete -- whose only experience is > FoxPro -- was correct to choose this list to ask his Dabo questions under > the [NF] banner for two important reasons:
No, he should have continued asking on dabo-users, the appropriate forum for dabo-users questions. > 1. He was complying with the [NF] convention, which explicitly allows > discussions of non-fox technology, and for some reason I've noticed this > framework called Dabo keeps getting mentioned there... Or are only Dabo > posts of the "gee wiz you guys are so awesome!" variety (a la Crozier) > allowed, and posts intimating that it might not be so easy to use (a la > Pete's installation problem) are squashed with harsh ad-hominems? It only > reveals what we already know about the men behind the myth. This message to profox came after people tried to steer Pete in the right direction on dabo-users, but Pete didn't seem to take anyone's suggestions. Dabo is *not easy* to use, if you aren't willing to first spend some time learning Python. I don't believe I've ever portrayed Dabo as having a shallow learning curve. > But it would still be ironic considering how incessantly they accuse other > people of being butt-boys for MS and shameless self-promoters. :| > > 2. The progenitors of Dabo are both on this list and have FoxPro > experience/perspective they could share to help Pete understand Dabo. No one > is asking them to "hold his hand" in this case, however ... a simple pointer > where he got lost or probably went wrong is all that was requested. Maybe you should search the dabo-users archives over the past month or so. > In any case, all the unsolicited career counseling was just plain unseemly > and uncalled-for. > > Obviously, Paul harbors towards Pete an animosity that comes from his > political orientation. There is no other explanation. It's hard to imagine > any other hobbyist/newbie looking into Dabo getting that kind of foul > treatment by one of its creators. Pete came to Profox via me. He was referred to me by another FoxPro guy back in the "running VFP on WINE" days. He wanted me to spend all kinds of time getting Linux installed and WINE installed and kept asking questions already answered in the papers I'd published, etc. I referred him to prolinux and profox so that at least I could answer his questions publicly so others could possibly benefit. But I quickly twit-filtered him because it was obvious, back then, that he's a timesink. Can you come up with one post made by him that actually helped others or asked an intelligent question? Best regards Paul _______________________________________________ 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.
