On 04/04/2013 8:15 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Since I first became unemployable in 2003, I have listened to all of
the FoxPro developers talk about Microsoft killing off Visual FoxPro.
Yet I have not seen anybody attempt to buy Visual FoxPro from
Microsoft to take it into the next decade and
Virgil,
I respect your courage.
IMO, Microsoft would do something with VFP (recycle or sell) only if
(1) it could provide some additional Windows sales,
(2) such additional Windows sales were needed
(3) the amount of Windows sales that VFP could provide was significant
enough (more than 5%).
Virgil,
The expression pushing water uphill comes to mind and you may well be better
off trying that as opposed to what you are proposing.
VFP is dead, not stunned, not slightly concussed, but DEAD. Yes, we all know
how good it is, how simple it is to build an integrated Database app from
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote:
Virgil,
The expression pushing water uphill comes to mind and you may well be
better off trying that as opposed to what you are proposing.
_
hmm
It looks like Windows sales are no longer doing well
PC sales are no longer what they were, by extension Windows does less
well.
, neither on client
workstations nor on servers (none of the top internet companies runs on
Windows Server);
None of them run on Apple or IBM either ...
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Subject: Re: Anybody up for a challenge?
It looks like Windows sales are no longer doing well
PC sales are no longer what they were, by extension Windows does less
well.
, neither on client
workstations nor on servers (none of the top internet companies runs on
Windows Server
WOW Jean - that's an AWESOME Link you gave us! Very wild indeed!!!
But - Dave - I thought the old saying was pushing a ROCK Uphill. Or am I
wrong - and sit corrected???
:-)
-K-
On 4/5/2013 5:13 AM, Jean Laeremans wrote:
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk
Kurt,
Despite Jean's solution...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pushing%20water%20uphill
Dave
..oh, and best of luck Virgil and I do admire your sentiments and dedication
but General Custer probably thought the same!
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so you are saying you would prefer this?
http://keepamericaatwork.com/china-india-multinational-corporations-listen-up
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Kurt,
Despite Jean's
Or Lord Cardigan ?
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote:
but General Custer probably thought the same!
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On 05/04/13 11:15, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Since I first became unemployable in 2003, I have listened to all of the
FoxPro developers talk about Microsoft killing off Visual FoxPro.
Yet I have not seen anybody attempt to buy Visual FoxPro from Microsoft
to take it into the next decade and
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Subject: Re: Anybody up for a challenge?
On 05/04/13 11:15, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Since I first became unemployable in 2003, I have listened to all of the
FoxPro developers talk about Microsoft killing off Visual FoxPro.
Yet I have not seen anybody attempt to buy Visual FoxPro from
For those wanting to dig deeper, there are additional videos and stories
on this page
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Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 7:59 AM
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will comprehend is when it has happened to you, and my
instincts tell me that you are but one gig away from that based on what you
have told me.
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From: Stephen Russell
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:22 AM
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Subject: Re: Anybody up for a challenge
On 5 April 2013 14:26, Virgil Bierschwale vbier...@gmail.com wrote:
because Microsoft does not own open source.
MicroSoft has released plenty of open source stuff.
Off the top of my head:
- ASP.NET MVC
- IronPython IronRuby
- All the CodePlex stuff
- Linux Kernel contributions (for HyperV I
And throw in that they sold more copies of UNIX than any other company(even
IBM) and you're up there with the fairies...
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Sent: 05 April 2013 16:12
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If you need funding for your project, you might try www.kickstarter.com
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I've tried many of them with no luck.
pretty well decided that software for the most part is cheap so I will pay
for it myself as I can afford too.
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From: Michael Madigan
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Since I first became unemployable in 2003, I have listened to all of the
FoxPro developers talk about Microsoft killing off Visual FoxPro.
Yet I have not seen anybody attempt to buy Visual FoxPro from Microsoft to
take it into the next decade and further.
I believe that there is a way to
On 04/04/2013 8:15 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote:
Since I first became unemployable in 2003, I have listened to all of
the FoxPro developers talk about Microsoft killing off Visual FoxPro.
Yet I have not seen anybody attempt to buy Visual FoxPro from
Microsoft to take it into the next decade
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