Alan Bourke wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:45:39 -0400, "MB Software Solutions General
> Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Somebody who thought that's another way to make a buck.
>
> How exactly would forcing the registration of COM components drive
> revenue?
Vendor lock-in.
Whil
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Alan Bourke wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:45:39 -0400, "MB Software Solutions General
> Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Somebody who thought that's another way to make a buck.
>
> How exactly would forcing the registration of COM components drive
> revenue?
Not directly, but usage wou
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:45:39 -0400, "MB Software Solutions General
Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Somebody who thought that's another way to make a buck.
How exactly would forcing the registration of COM components drive
revenue?
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Alan Bourke
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kam wrote:
> Hey Malcolm,
>
> There are many people on this list (including me) that plan to do the same
> thing you are doing.
>
> It would be nice if there was a translator. I probably would not use it for
> production code because translators are always (my
> experience) sloppy code, but I wo
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:57 PM, kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Like you, I think almost everything could be done in python instead of using
> dll/ocx components with the stupid requirement to
> 'register' them. I wonder what idiot at Microsoft thought up that nonsense?
>
Actually, it was t
On Apr 20, 2008, at 2:57 PM, kam wrote:
> It would be nice if there was a translator. I probably would not use
> it for production code because translators are always (my
> experience) sloppy code, but I would like to see the Python code
> that does a function similar to vfp.
The prob
Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:32 AM
Subject: Porting VFP apps to other languages - how big a deal? (was RE:
VFPmarketing)
Hi Bill,
Like you, I sell a suite of proprietary products built on a huge code
base of FPD, FPW, and VFP code.
At the moment I'm
Hi Malcolm,
I appreciate your input, as always.
I don't dispute the value/usefulness of Python/Dabo, but since day 1 of
my excursion into the PC world it's been investment on top of
investment, so for the near term I'm on mission to recover investment
before seriously considering any option. And
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