>Bottom line is that VFP should have been specified instead of Office/Access. No matter which way you cut it, this is just another slap in our face.
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>This is why I am looking forward to the evolution of robust Linux dev tools - they WILL come and developers won't get slapped around. To be dependent on one company's technologies is nothing short of being foolish in our industry in the first place.
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>>>I am sorry, but I don't get it. Isn't the end-user of Fox a software developer? Where on the website does it make a distinction between developer/end user? How did you come to this conclusion?
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>>I think he means they were database users writing apps for their own use. Not so with the average VB/VFP developer. We do software for a living, not data entry.

I agree with your assesment. The replacement product should be VFP (no matter how we try to justify the author's reasoning).

I also look forward to when Linux becomes a real alternative. It will take some time but it is happening.