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Go tell Jesse Berst that not all XBase is dead
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29/05/1998 17:54:34
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00102485
Message ID:
00103267
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>>>>Then my question is "Why are you still in DOS?" With the cost of hardware today, I'm hardpressed to see a reason to still be there.
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>>>Because our regional offices can't afford the hardware and usually take the castoffs from the State offices.....Even now, we STILL have people running on 386's. But we DID get rid of the 286's......
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>>This is an issue for your state legislature. The increases in productivity will be amazing....and pay for the new hardware in no time.
>
>I am sorry here Craig, but there are still cases where a DOS based app will probably suffice, even on the newer machines... I can see some apps that are VERY keyboard input intensive not needing the VFP treatment..


I can make a keyboard intensive appliation in VFP. DOS doesn't really give me any advantage here.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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