>Hi, Craig!
>
>These journalists are beginning to really get my goat!
>
>Have you seen the bloodbath on CompuServe over the one article
>that was recently in PC Week. The author, who is an independent
>contractor/consultant to MS, actually had the nerve to get
>involved in that forum. He's being beaten to death and he's
>keeping his cool and not being abusive, but he is also not
>getting the point of what is being said. He won't admit to being
>wrong in any area. I've stayed out of that fray. There's enough
>blows being traded without me being involved.
>
>I think these "journalists" who cover these products need to stop
>editorializing on where they think the product fits and cover the
>feature set. The reader can determine where a feature set, that
>seemingly covers database development over and over, fits.
>
>If these journalists don't understand the product, don't cover it
>like they do. Ask for help, or quit their jobs where their titles
>don't match their functions anyway. That ZD Internet magazine article
>that dissed VFP was written by one with the title "Advanced Technologies
>Analyst." Is that the depth of article on a feature rich database
>development tool we should expect from one with that title? Sheesh!
>
>The sad thing is, this particular author has actually written what
>I've considered to be a lot of good articles in PC Week. But I didn't
>read them for editorializing. I read them and enjoyed them for their
>content.
>
>I think a lot of these authors are spreading their expertise way too
>thin by attempting to be an author's author who can write on any
>subject. Sorta like the manager in many companies who doesn't need
>to know what his employees really do, because he is a manager's manager
>and can manage anything there is.
>
>==Carl


I agree that Peter Coffee has written some good articles, but none of them are about FoxPro. I'm in the process of contacting ZD and discuss this with Mr. Coffee's editor.

Craig