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North Americans - waste 60 seconds of your time
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01/04/2007 16:48:03
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01210969
Message ID:
01211023
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18
>Very thanks Jim.
>Just signed.
>Just now from Bulgaria 5 signed.

>http://www.masfoxpro.com/Especial:Firmas/action%3Dlist

Thank you (and the 4 others) Vladimir. Spread the word to your friends.

It's strangley peculiar to me that not a single North American VFP MVP has signed up. Seems there may be more to being a MVP than meets the eye.

cheers
>
>>The MasFoxPro campaign has a grand total of 35 signatories from North America - 26 from the U.S.A and a measly 9 from Canada!!! Mexico has 81 signers, so this doesn't apply to them.
>>
>>Even if you think it is useless, is 60 seconds of your valuable time asking too much?
>>
>>Are you so sure that Microsoft cannot be swayed that it isn't worth 60 seconds of your time to sign a simple petition?
>>Are you so confident that Microsoft made the correct "business decision" regarding FoxPro development that it isn't worth 60 seconds of your time to suggest otherwise.
>>Are you afraid that Microsoft may not appreciate seeing your name on such a petition?
>>
>>If any of the above applies simply put it aside and spend 60 seconds to add your name to the petition. You can be sure that absolutely nothing will change if you sit there and do nothing!
>>How can it hurt if something does happen????? Microsoft could even decide to bring VFP under the .NET umbrella.
>>
>>We've heard that the code base is too old (20+ years) and spaghetti-like to be of any practical use, yet it was good enough to bring us VFP.
>>We've heard that Microsoft simply wasn't profiting enough with VFP. A staff count of less than 10 is an inconsequential drop-in-the-bucket for Microsoft. They probably throw out more coffee every day than the VFP Team costs them.
>>
>>Here's the link http://www.masfoxpro.com/Masfoxpro - what could be easier?
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