Doug,
Sorry again......hands were going faster than my mind and son was asking questions in the background.....that message was meant for you. I think I'll take this weekend off and go camping.....<bg>

>Greg,
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>Well, since you didn't intend for me to get that message just forget all the nice things I said! Just forget it! The whole thng's going to hell in a handbasket now! There is no future! We're all doomed!!! Everyone to their shelter!! The sky is falling!!
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>>Doug,
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>>Sorry...I meant to address that to JVP....Maybe he'll see it anyway.....At this point I could care less if he does or not. It's a sad day when you forgo the people you once held in high esteem.............That's my world today....Back to finishing a 3 week project in VFP that's paying big bucks!! Sorry for the mis-address........
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>>>>Mike,
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>>>>>I think you are missing the point. VFP is a great product, I've never disputed that. I am simply observing that Ken's expectation that VFP is unlikely ever to have a stronger place in the IT world is the closest thing I've heard yet to an admission that Microsoft will never allow it to be marketed effectively. If Microsoft is not interested in generating substantial revenues from VFP, it's hard to believe they will put any serious effort into supporting it, no less into further improving it. That should matter to anyone who has plans for building or buying applications and services based on VFP.
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>>>>I think what Gary's getting at is that you are only an amplifier when the news can be construed as "bad", never equally so when it can be construed as "good".
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>>>>It's not that in your world that the sky is constantly falling but rather when the sun is out you still think it's raining.
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>>>>I would love to see you get as emotionally charged when good things happen as you do when "bad" things happen - from your perspective. Imean no disrespect and, candidly, I'm not at all convinced you're even aware of how negatively you come across.
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>>>>Why not be as quick to see the good stuff as you are to see the bad stuff???
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>>>Doug,
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>>>At first these messages and related threads from "Joe Bob" disturbed me..... Then I realized that my income over this time last year had substantially increased. This is all due to VFP7 apps.....I don't make alot of money from programming. What I do make comes from custom apps to small business. It has been successful and shown a profit since 1984. While I am trying to learn the .NET languages, C# to begin, they are still beyond me.....I began programming on a Radio Shack TRS80 using basic......our company was successful. I've walked, cold, into to companies this past week and told them I could do my best programming in VFP. They didn't hesitate. All they said was "if it does what we want I could care less what you program it in....it's not in one of those .net languages is it?......I thought this was very interesting. One of these businesses has been this state's small business of the year for many years now......I'm investing in the future, but everytime I turn around, I'm asked to
>>>provide things that work, and VFP more than statisfies.....I also have many ACCPAC customers who are VERY satisfied with their software (even though, from a VFP programmers point of view, it leaves alot to be desired, and I often here from others that "their users are unhappy". It does the job for me, no complaints..It runs likes it's supposed too..the numbers are what they supposed to be....The IRS does not call). Just an opinion from someone who doesn't make the big, (hardly any), money from programming....but thinks VFP will be around for a long time to come.....