What about a series of on line graduated videos that could be viewed here on the UT? Similar to the ones here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/learning/default.aspx#beginners


>IMHO, and its only an opinion, I think permission may be obtainable from community-minded authors who no longer have the desire or energy for such a project. As for publishing, Hentzenwerke comes to mind.....
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>>I'm not sure where to go next. I think Garrett's idea has some merit, but there are copyright issues to re-use another book's structure.
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>>...and who would publish it?
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>>>>I was involved in a conversation recently where the subject of an Intro to VFP was raised. Does anyone think that's a genuine need? I have to admit I'm on the fence about this.
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>>>>Opinions?
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>>>Yes. Consider the amount of grey hair and balding heads at conferences and user groups -- It's a remarkable event when a twenty-something appears among us.
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>>>IMHO: Those who are attracted to 'computers' have many more basic resources in other development environments to turn to, and once they've developed expertise in and affinity for a tool, human nature is to stay where you're comfortable (and some personality types that are exceptions to this). You could start from scratch, or there are some good books from the mid-90's that could be reworked with VFP9 era examples (should author and publisher permissions be obtainable).
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>>>Good question. Where do we go next?