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MasFoxPro getting some news coverage
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01211614
Message ID:
01213992
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>>How does anyone consider that in any way a positive article? Try to put yourself in the place of the average reader who has little knowledge or interest in FoxPro one way or the other. They will read about six paragraphs and turn the page. "Another one bites the dust" is what they will think, with varying degrees of regret.
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>>Not to mention that Computerworld readers are mostly old farts, many of whom are still mainframers.
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>>Basically Computerworld has alerted more of the establishment that Microsoft is dropping FoxPro.
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>I agree. they could give a damn that developers are not happy about it. What they read is that VFP is a dead language.

And? Isn't it? You will no longer find many (if any) decision makers who'll still consider VFP for further development. Well okay, perhaps DYING is a better word.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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