At 09:35 AM 4/8/2011, david Smith wrote: >" I have yet to run into anything I can't do with VFP and third party tools" >... I can: Get meaningful support. Outside of this illustrious group and a
Interesting. I have never... and I mean never... received useful support from MS. Even when it was paid for. Perhaps others have had different experiences. But I usually do an internet search to start off anyway. There has been a handful of times where that search didn't get me enough information. Of those times, contacting MS proved to be worthless - and sometimes worse than worthless. Burning time on things like changing bizarre registry settings, installing MS programs that had nothing to do with the situation presented, talking to support folks that seemed to know less about how MS software functioned than we did, and the list goes on. So, for me, support is not high on my list for picking any MS product. Actually, the only reason left on my list to pick an MS product is if the 'shop' or 'customer' is already completely locked in by MS and shows no desire to investigate alternatives. Maybe an extremely distant reason (which I'm reluctant to offer, but it's true) is that it gives the IT groups an easy scapegoat when things go wrong. It seems you get a free pass nowadays when you can't deliver on time on Windows platforms.... <shrug>. -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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.
