Well the longer this thread gets, the more free publicity it gets. You can pay for a banner-ad on this website, but the postings in the fourm are free...

>Is it really FREE publicity?. I think the guys who advertise here pay something, don't they?
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>>Maybe he's just trying to get some free publicity. Seems to be working.
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>>>I'd like to add my voice to those who have told you that this is the WRONG PLACE for such an "announcement".
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>>>Sure, you can argue that it involves VFP and so is legitimately here. But it is gauche in the extreme to invite people to assist in the killing of their prime computer language.
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>>>It is also highly suspicious to me that anyone who spent $399. for ths "seminar" would come out of it able to recode their VFP applications into .NET. You make it sound like that is the objective, and if that truly is your position then you are also grossly misleading the readers of this advertisement.
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>>>VFP developers who are dabbling (or more) in .NET no doubt also frequent the .NET forum here, and that is the "proper" place for this advertisement.
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>>>Just as Marcus' first advertisement for this service was UNWELCOMED here, so this one is too. Why you thought it should be any different this time is beyond me. Maybe you just like rattling peoples' cages.
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>>> >EPS Software and Oak Leaf Enterprises, announce another two-day VFP Conversion seminar on May 9-10, 2005 at the Microsoft Offices in Dallas, Texas. This seminar provides important information on converting FoxPro and Visual FoxPro applications to .NET. If you would like to convert a Fox project (or part of it) to .NET, this seminar provides critical information on what it takes to do this. Topics covered in this seminar include:
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• C# and VB .NET Primer – This session teaches the basics of both C# and VB .NET and can help you choose the right .NET language for your development team
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• Object-Orientation in .NET – This session compares object-orientation in .NET to VFP and shows how to leverage what you already know about OOP in Visual FoxPro
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• Data Access in .NET – Data access is extremely important to VFP developers and this session compares data access in VFP to ADO.NET
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• Creating Windows Forms Applications in .NET – This session demonstrates the basics of creating Windows Forms applications in .NET
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• Creating Web Forms applications in .NET – This session demonstrates the basics of creating Web Forms applications in .NET
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• Best Practices for Porting Fox applications to .NET – This session provides in-the-trenches best practices for converting your VFP applications to .NET
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• .NET / FoxPro Interop – This session shows how you can leverage your existing VFP code in .NET

>>>>This seminar is taught by Kevin McNeish, author of the book .NET for Visual FoxPro Developers, President and Chief Software Architect of of Oak Leaf Enterprises, and a Microsoft .NET/C# MVP.
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>>>>The cost of the seminar is only $399 for both days and includes breaks and lunch. However, if you are a premier member of the Universal thread the cost is only $349--just enter UTPREMIER as the promo code when you register on line.
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>>>>For more information or to register, go to http://www.vfpconversion.com or call EPS Software at (832) 717-4445.
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>>>>Regards,