It sure took MS a long time to kill Foxpro, now about 16 years and counting.
--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ricardo Aráoz <[email protected]> > Subject: [NF] Shields up > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 8:00 AM > Bill Arnold wrote: > > Ted, > > > > It's very good to know there is a way around MS's > plunders (blunders!), but > > as Alan pointed out MS is in a position to dispense > the death of a thousand > > needles if it so chooses. > > > > MS made the decision to buy FoxPro, and then they made > the decision to stop > > further development. There's still one more Big > Decision for them to make: > > whether to kill it (one way or the other) or willingly > keep it alive along > > with Windows. > > > > We're not going to find much comfort in MS's handling > of VFP so far, but > > perhaps with Big Bill less involved, better judgement > will prevail. After > > all, VFP is a gold mine, and MS is going to need every > resource it has to > > face the future. While MS was enjoying it's heyday, > IBM and friends haven't > > been on vacation. See http://mainframe.solutionscenter.techweb.com/ > > > > > > Bill > > > > > Bill, I need some advice for a friend of mine. > Her husband used to abuse her verbally, she stayed in the > hope he'd > change. He then started slapping her, but when I told her > to leave him > she said he'd had a lot of stress at work and that as soon > as that was > over he'd change. She's now been hospitalized a couple of > times, yet she > tells me that now that her husband's boss has resigned > he'll be less > stressed and "perhaps without so much stress, better > judgement will > pervail". > Do you think I should back her decision and wish her luck? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
