>>My take on his/her comments is that the whole logic of the argument is flawed and prejudiced from the start. IMO, the hypothesis being invoked is:
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>>"Microsoft makes lousy products. Microsoft makes Fox, therefore Fox is a lousy product. Since the product is lousy, any application developed with it must be lousy."
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>>I think you could probably jump on any one of those statements and take issue with it.< bg >
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>Besides, it's the classic holy war: "I use (insert product here), so it's the best (for everything) and everyone using any other product is stupid (no matter what is the job to be done)."
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>Windows vs OS/2, Mac vs PC, VB vs VFP <g>, etc.
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>And that guy on ActiveWin who's using C++/Java could be told that assembler is a better language.

And as an old "bithead", I'd agree.:-) Of course, then there's the whole issue of productivity (both in the initial design and the maintenance), but, hey, why let the facts get in the way of an opinion.< beg >