Hi Thierry,

can you recount for us what was demonstrated by Francis?

For example, eTec told us they would be releasing the Grid on April 21: was the Grid demonstrated?

thanks,

Hank Fay

>Hi all
>
>Sorry to drop into this conversation a bit late ...
>
>Gregory and I are both members of AtoutFox, friends, peers, and attended the same session by Francis Faure at 2010 Rencontres AtoutFox.
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>My feeling is just the opposite.
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>I agree on 2 points :
>1- etec fails on communicating and meeting deadlines ... who does better around here ? I don't ; and sure wouldn't with such a risky and ambitious project.
>2- starting a new project ? take with new tools ... .Net, PHP, whatever
>
>but
>what can I do with my 60 man-year of VFP code ?
>1- buy a lottery ticket
>2- support etec and forgive them for the above mentioned flaws.
>
>What I saw from Francis presentation was VERY impressive, even for a .Net skeptic as me.
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>I see the 'Compiler / Runtime status - as March, 2010' go forward ... they now attack the hardest part : data access, what VFP is strong at
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>I appreciate their plan to extend VFP language with TLOCAL, 'Generators and Iterators' and 'Array Comprehensions'.
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>I think the best way to see the project acheived is to SUPPORT IT with FAITH and OPTIMISM.
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>Please keep in mind it can save some of us thousands or even millions !
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>Delivering pessimistic / doubtful message condemns, if not the product, at least the willingness to adopt it.
>It's communication basics. Let's try to do better then etec !
>
>Gregory is involved in .Net, VFP is no longer in his plan, OK, that's fine. It's simply not universal truth. Greg himself agrees with that.
>
>cheers
>thn