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As you are so fond of saying... Where is the proof of his statement? What REAL evidence did he present to make his case? What tests or benchmarks did he quote? Answer: NONE
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I don't see in his statement where he is making absolute statements and presenting them as fact. He says:

"As a FoxPro user you may have concerns about the performance..."

He uses the word may. He does not assume you do have concerns about performance.

He asks the following question:

"Have you found your FoxPro database has to be re-indexed frequently to prevent data corruption?"

What is wrong with asking the question. He is not making a statement that data is always being corrupted.

He makes the following statement:

"If you system is getting on in years and/or is poorly documented, the risk of
having significant data integrity issues is high."

Two observations. First, this is a rather generic statement. i.e., it is not slanted toward Fox, eventhough the context may lead you to that conclusion. Second, for the most part, this is a true statement. Otherwise, we would not have need to replace aging systems. At the very least, one of the biggest motivators for replacing older systems would not exist..

He goes on to make the following statement:

"If you are using FoxPro business applications regardless of the
level of business context, the time has come to consider migrating
to a state of the art Microsoft database like SQL Server."


All he is saying is that it is time to consider SQL Server. In the context, he is saying that if you have an aging Fox application that is subject to data corruption and data integrity problems, the time has come to consider SQL Server.

What is wrong with that statement? I have always been a close reader, paying attention to detail. Law school has made me turn it up a few notches. Upon close examination of the guy's statements, I see nothing wrong. It is a marketing and sales piece.



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Without fact he presents only opinion and while he has a perfect right to do so his opinion does not make truth. His opinion.... Fox sometimes corrupts index files... could be said of any system but he specifically targeted Fox and without objective and concrete proof. Something that you seem to cherish. (and rightly so!!!!)
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It is a marketing and sales piece. How specific do you want it to be?


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Is it smart to criticize and anger large segements of people in the development communtiy? Probably not.... especially when it is not even necessary.
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There you go. You are your Dev-Tool are'nt you? Anger large segments of a dev community? Please, lighten up. You like many, take this stuff at a personal level when you should not.


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Several old sayings come to mind here... Live by the sword...DIE by the sword....People will treat you like you treat them....What goes around...COMES around. You reap what you sow.
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Whatever... It is a marketing and sales piece. He is trying to sell his services. Tell me, how is this different than the scores of VFP developers who proclaim how superior DBF's are to SQL-Server? Most of those folks have never worked with SQL. Yet, they condemn SQL. If you are going to point the finger at this guy, you better start pointing the finger at others in this community who are guilty of the same thing you accuse this guy of having committed..


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"compelling" Really? How? What in this silly little letter is "compelling"?
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He discusses data corruption and integrity issues in relation to aging Fox systems. Seems like 3 easy to grasp issues that would make me pause and think for a moment. Remember, the audience of this letter may be a non-technical person. First rule of writing, know your audience.


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His opinion? His opinion is just that...His and carries no more weight than anyone elses...including yours! Again, he presents no studies, no benchmarks, etc... just his opinion.
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Again, it is a sales and marketing piece. Its goal is to make the reader stop and think. Can the reader relate? If so, the goal has been achieved. Obviously, this point was lost on you..< s >.. My guess is that your fear is that more than a few people will take what the guy has to say to heart...< vbg >..


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People that are "compelled" by half truth will be gone when "full" truth is realized.
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What half-truth has the guy perpetuated?

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>Everything! How you "do" business is VERY important. Well...not really... only if you care about ethics, morality, and truth. < bg >
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Morality, ethics? Where does the guy miss the boat on that? Give me a break..


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I've enjoyed seeing the "positive" parts of your return to the UT and hope you will spend more time answering questions of the folks like me that need the benefit of your technical skills and knowledge and less time in rhetoric.
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Thanks...