Re: Microsoft to release Fox Pro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source

2007-03-15 Thread Ted Roche
On 3/15/07, Michael Hawksworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is also worth considering that selling (I mean selling not promoting) a fox based business now will be much harder and give lower rewards. That's not been my experience. I've been called in on a couple of buyouts to evaluate a VFP

Re: Microsoft to release Fox Pro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source

2007-03-15 Thread Steve Ellenoff
My wife calls me a pessimist, so I find it odd to be so optimistic about this, but here's my stream of consciousness thoughts on this: -There are still Cobol applications running some fairly large companies (though I couldn't tell you what the numbers are nor who the companies are, but I've

Re: Microsoft to release Fox Pro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source

2007-03-15 Thread Ed Leafe
On Mar 15, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Steve Ellenoff wrote: Could it be Dabo? I'll keep watching and evaluating it and others as they mature. Dabo's strength IMO, is that the guy writing it, knows how great VFP is and is most likely using that as a benchmark. Damn straight. I looked at

Re: Microsoft to release Fox Pro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source

2007-03-14 Thread Ted Roche
On 3/14/07, Matthew Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember this day my friends... The King is dead... Long live the King!! So, there you have it. It's been a heck of a run. Thanks to all for all the fun and best wishes to you. I started with FoxBase/dBASE/Clipper, went all Fox in '88 and