Charles

JVP routinely mis-positions others in his discourse so he can appear reasonable.

The facts are simple.

Nobody disagrees that people should look at other tools.

Not everybody thinks there should be an immediate mass exodus to dotNET. It is hard to tell what JVP thinks about this as it seems to change.

My concern is that at least one VFP newbie has been "burned" (his word) by JVP's polemic attacks. Among other gems, last week JVP likened VFP to a whore or pig. He also announced more than once that the VFP community numbers only a few hundred. This is presented in a gloating fashion that is neither rational nor helpful. The newbie was understandably alarmed and has expressed relief that somebody rebuts the FUD.

If JVP thinks the farm is about to burn down, by all means warn people as the archives will show that I have done more than once, but there is no need to spread petrol and drop lit matches. That is exactly what he is doing by abuse like the above. In that I see no difference from the other two you mention who had the same effect, if not the same motive.

Whatever JVP has or has not done in the past, his public and private behaviour is destructive. I only know a little of his complaint to MS about John Koziol who dared to disagree, or his use of false UT Aliases to promote arguments, but I am not impressed by his obscene, threatening private communication with me warning me not to f**ck with him or I'll be sorry.

Finally, the signature message at the bottom of this e-mail summarises my overall concern about recent events.

Regards

JR