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My Take on the whole VFP is Dead Issue.....
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09/06/1998 11:43:08
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Visual FoxPro
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>Jess,
>What about Visual F++ <s>
>
>Arnon

Let's make it more combatant: Visual Fighter++ or Visual F16++.

Kidding aside. Visual F++ is unique. The Fox name is still there.

>
>
>>
>>>MS did a lot of damage with the marketing of FoxPro. Take a tip from
>Borland. Something very similar happened with Turbo Pascal in that it came
>out of favour. Then Borland released Delphi and begun a very agressive
>marketing campaign combined with sales offices intent on getting a copy in
>through the corporate door. They realised that once they could open their
>minds and see the product, they would like what they saw.>
>>>But they had a problem. The argument always came up from others who were
>pushing their own favourite language that "wasn't Borland going under?"
>"No-ones using Delphi" and other rumours. Still Borland pushed on. Now it's
>being used as a serious development tool that is a serious contender in most
>corporations and businesses here.
>>>
>>
>>DELPHI is just the new name of PASCAL in short, just as INPRISE formerly
>BORLAND. If MS decided to change the name FOXPRO to erase that "DEMISE"
>mindset, what would you suggest???
>>
>>Add to this if you have in mind:
>>
>>1. VISUAL DATAPRO
>>2. VISUAL TAHOE
>>3. VISUAL SPEEDPRO
>>4. VISUAL DATAOBJECTS
>>5. VISUAL FOXOBJECTS
JESS S. BANAGA
Project Leader - SDD division
...shifting from VFP to C#.Net

CHARISMA simply means: "Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you."
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