>Or does anyone else get bleedin' tired of having to deal with people who: 1) don't know Fox and 2) haven't attempted to learn Fox yet think they can tell everyone what's wrong with Fox? If I hear one more contractor/consultant make the statement "Fox is ok to use until you decide to move the system into a REAL database" I'm gonna hurt something!
>And the gods help us if we didn't hire these people to do a project in Fox!
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>Whew.....thanks....I'm feeling better now. I'll climb off my soapbox and let ya'll get back to real problems now.


Add this one....

I'm trying to get 3 new portables for me and my team. I asked for high end ones, suitable for applications development. The conversation went as follows:

IS: What apps are you developing and what language/software do you need?
Jen: Several apps in VFP 3.0, upgrading to VFP 5.0. We already own VFP.
IS: You can't develop in VFP, it's not a supported product. You have to use Access. We can't support VFP.
Jen: I don't need support. I have a team of 3 people with a combined 24+ years experience in xBASE language development, 8+ in VFP 3.0/5.0 alone.
IS: You have to develop in Access -- it's company policy.
Jen: Access will not handle the
i) security requirements,
ii) number of users,
iii) volume of data and transactions.
(gave them a bunch of numbers here)
IS: [long pause] Oh, how come you are developing this level of apps?
Jen: I inherited some of them written in 4D on the Mac, I converted the first to a crossplatform (Mac/PC) VFP app when you forced us to switch to PCs.
IS: We didn't support 4D.
Jen: I know........


I'm getting the portables <g>
The IS "help" desk tech is still breathing

Jen