>Reply posted in Religious Chatter. See Message ID: 1593791

Rick, I just read your post in the religious chatter. This has zero to do with religion.

Three things...

1) Your points regarding Tamar are out of line and way off base. JR used the term "snarky" last week and I think he was being kind.

I disagree with Tamar on many points (such as being an expert in VFP vs more nascent/faster emerging technologies ), but I certainly respect what she's given to the FoxPro world. I know the history of the Fox/VFP community quite well. Among other things, she was part of two good books that I found immensely valuable, and worth far more than the 40 bucks or so I spent on them.

Your comments on hoarders, on your projecting your family/money situation vs hers, her goals, and self-serving goals being "cankerous boils" have no merit on their own - and even less merit considering they're part of a series of petulant remarks because you're not getting your way. (Hopefully you see the irony)

If you want to help other people, then great.....doing things makes a difference. Complaining and blasting others who go about their business differently....that doesn't make a difference.

2) I'm curious why you think "What does a PhD make these days?" is anyone's business.

3) You mention conferences. They are part of the process. I do a few every year, as do many MVPs who also contribute to the community. And guess what? Some speakers even profit a few bucks to make up for the billable client hours they are missing during the week. Even top community people acknowledge that it's important to deliver material through all possible channels. Sometimes, to scale up, some commercialization is needed to be cost-distribution justifiable.

So my friendly advice to you, is to sit back and reflect a bit - and focus on what you want to do to get a message out that will help people you say you want to help.