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Rename FoxPro!
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21/10/1999 12:20:59
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00279092
Message ID:
00279425
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14
>>>>>At the risk of starting a lengthy, useless thread -- does anybody else feel, as I do, that "FoxPro" is a dumb name? Saying it out loud makes me squirm!
>>>>>
>>>>>I am aware of the proud history of the FoxPro name, but nonetheless I hate it. How about "Visual X" (as in "xBase") for the next release? It sounds cool and streamlined, and would make it look right at home alongside other Microsoft development tools. (But please, no "++"!)
>>>>>
>>>>>Whaddaya think?
>>>>
>>>>Yeah, how about ProFox++! That's much better!!!
>>>
>>>I have a cool name:
>>>
>>>VDB - VisualDataBasic.
>>>
>>>It will totally confuse IT managers.
>>>:)
>>
>>Well, we already have Visual Basic, right? So wouldn't we want to go with something like Visual Advanced++? The next step from VB and OOP like VC++. :-)
>
>No, Visual Data Manager. That way, when talking about the RUN command:
>
>If you want to start another VDM application, you can use VDM's RUN command to start another VDM to run an instance of VDM to host that new VDM apploication.
>
>And I can confuse everyone.

LOL :-)
William A. Caton III
Software Engineer
MAXIMUS
Atlanta, Ga.
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