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VFP The Red Headed Step Child
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10/03/1999 08:49:56
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Visual FoxPro
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Conferences & events
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Space isn't the issue. The issue is motivating MANY people to put something into a search engine that will lead them to this new web environment.

It's a marketing issue before it becomes a development one. This is starting to sound like that movie Field of Dreams. "Build it and they will come" NOt in this case. It has been built, time and time again. But nobody is thinking of comming.

__Stephen Russell


>>Nick,
>>
>>I like your idea, but let me play devil's advocate. In the past, I have often found myself in a group where everyone agrees how great it would be if "we" did project X. The results are usually disappointing, when it comes time to work up a sweat, "we" usually turns into one person (me!) Usually that person gets lots of pats on the back, but not much else.
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>>Nevertheless, I remain the eternal optimist. If you would like to set up a web site promoting VFP, perhaps you can start a thread on Chatter just for this. I figure if 4 people pony up $50 apiece (perhaps we can settle up at DevCon?), then we can buy a domain good for two years. We'll need a domain that is plain enough without violating any M$ copyrights. Then we try to get those dozens (hundreds?) of fox-related web sites to link to us, and vice-versa. A simple mission statement, some original contributions, it *might* get noticed.
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>>If you need hosting, I can provide that, and I'm sure plenty of others can also.
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>>Nice idea, feel like volunteering to be webmaster?
>
>We can most probably set aside some space on the VFUG server
>
>Arnon
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