My mistake.

I should have not posted anything regarding private information publicly. I apologize sincerely; I just don't think Marcia and Andy deserve the slamming NOR do I think Naomi is wrong, OTOH, unless you know both sides and know the whole story anything I say won't make sense. But I committed a faux pas because a lot of that basis is private. What a quandry.

>What nonsense is this! So now John Koziol will gonna reveal to you things that apparently can't be said in public? Can I be added to the list of trusties please?
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>>I will do that, and will respect the confidentiality.
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>>Change of subject, I'm sure you know the new documentary about Hunter S. Thompson is out. The reviews I have seen have been reasonably positive. I don't think I will see it, though. The book already showed me what the movie reviewers are saying, which is that he became trapped in the persona he created and did very little the last 25 years or so of his life. A depressing waste of talent.
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>>>I'm not clear what happened there and I'm not at liberty to discuss some unreleased information about the affair. But I do know that Andy and Marcia have been good friends to me, personally, many times when they didn't have to. I feel for Naomi but there are mitigating factors in this whole bruhaha that I just can't discuss publicly. Feel free to email me, Mike.
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>>>>Getting Naomi fired from her job after they had an online dustup with her was not a classy thing to do. It wasn't an unfortunate consequence of their disagreement, it's something they went out of their way to do.
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>>>>No reasonable person can question Andy and Marcia's knowledge or their contributions to the FoxPro community over the years. But to me at least, what they did to Naomi is a stain on their reputation. It's ugly when the strong prey on the weak. It also bothers me that AFAIK neither of them has ever expressed any regret over what happened.
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>>>>>Nice thing for Andy and Marcia to have done, all detractors nonwithstanding. Those guys are a class act.
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>>>>>>I just saw that Tightline (iow Andy Kramek and Marcia Akins) is donating three huge licenses for Microsoft developer stuff, apparently valued at $11,000 each copy, to be won by attendees at SWFox. That's a very impressive thing to have done. Bravo.
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>>>>>>I suppose detractors may point out that these licenses were given to them by MS, but credit where credit is due: the copies are the recipients' to do with as they please and nobody forced them to donate copies to SWFox. So it really is full credit to AK and HA. Maybe other MVPs will follow their lead, allowing more SWFox attendees to walk away with massive swag!