>Jospeph,
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>>Yeah...and sometimes the appropriate manner is to BEAT THEM WITH A DEAD FISH for spreading stupid rumours.
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>Though I know we instinctively want to call names to people like this, but that is not buying any symphathy. We both have seen what the results are when someone has not the politeness to response and act in decent manner; Proffesionalism is.
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>It's one of the hard lessons i've learned in the past. Yelling and shouting is NOT going to help to solve the problem. Arguments, politeness, proffesionalism and reason is. There are some very respected people here on the UT who still have to learn this.
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>But you're quite right that some people don't want to know anything about FOX. I've met some system administrator who is nuts about VB and ACCESS. Now my app is becoming outdated (FPW 2.6) he wants to rewrite it in VB or ACCESS, Because VFP is not such a beatifull language. Especially these kind of people are very hard to convince that VFP is the rigth choice.
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>The main cause of this VFP is dead thinking, i think, is ignorance, whishfull thinking (if your a VB or ACCESS programmer), and the doubtfull marketing efforts of MS in the past.
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>Walter,
Though I would not beat anybody with a dead fish, I would call out people for what they do or intend to do. If "x" consultant is trying to con you into accepting the technology he/she is familiar with, or tell you unsubstantiated stories about "x" tool, why should you show any tolerance or patience? Of course you don't yell and kick, but you tell the guy what you think of his tactics. That does not mean you're not professional IMHO.
Regards,