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VFPConversion Seminar - May 9-10 - Dallas, TX
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12/04/2005 09:16:36
John Baird
Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Its simply a matter of economics. Kevin, Marcus, et al., are businessmen who have seen the economic consequences of limiting their horizons to fox.
I would say they are reaping the benefits of a small group of self proclaimed developers that cannot solve problems. Their main products are seminars and
how to publications. A decent "batch" file programmer could probably to a better job of delivering solutions than those legacy shops seeking their services.

You can rant and rave as much as you like, but fox is in decline and has been for years.
That's not the case - VFP development has moved beyong the grid-on-a-form development. Help Desk staffers should not be confused with software developers.

Who's listening? Jim Nelson? Terry Thurber? Walter Meester? Self-delusion LOL.
We're working - and we don't have to hire someone else to write our programs! Only the town clown would brag about being replaced by a software shop that mostly sells white papers and how to books.

Your days are numbered John - you got lazy - you didn't invest the time needed to learn VFP. You did invest the time needed to learn DOT NOT - and now your boss is investing in a seminar delivery service to replace you!

It will be interesting to hear the "boo-hoos" after this flushes out. Talking loud and long will only carry you so far. At some point - you have to write a program - on your own!
Imagination is more important than knowledge
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