>I agree that threads here are far more in-depth. I had a CServe membership thru last month. I haven't used it in a while. Logged on to see the new forum setup and check the VFP forums. I found that many discussions were on a very superficial level compared to here.
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I think both places have their share of superficial discussions. Both places also have their fair share of solid technical discussions as well. I certainly don't think CIS is intellictually superior to the UT, nor do I think the converse is true. Both have their respective strengths and weaknesses...

How's that for being PC...< bg >...


>I noticed it especially in the Internet thread. Most of the discussion was about using AFP. One person said he tried to use Web Connection and found it much too difficult.
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AFP to me is based on old methods. AFP is what West-Wind was 3+ years ago. Seriously, if you are going to go the AFP way, you might as well use a tool that does stuff like that well - Cold Fusion. AFP goes the way of emedding VFP code inline with HTML. To me, that is not very scaleable. Also, resuse is difficult, if not impossible. I think ASP/Components is the way to go... Just my opinion... I could be wrong...

>However, I do think the CIS interface did have some benefits to here. As a matter of fact, one of the sysops created an interface to scan thru messages. You could download a DBF every month and search using his interface, or browse however you want.
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Get a PUTM here and use the off-line reader. Personally, I don't see the offline/archival feature as that big a deal. After all, all the messages since day 1 are available on line here.