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12/06/2002 16:04:41
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00667157
Message ID:
00667626
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Cindy, you DEFINITELY won't like this--search the page below for the word 'foxpro' and you will be surprised by the wording. At least it is only a small company trying to sell their product and not a well-known site or trade magazine.
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>http://www.mbfs.com/tbsdesc.asp


How did you find THAT?? Did you send them a note enlightening them?

UPDATE: the following is quoted from a response to my feedback:
Mr. Livermore:

I apologize if you have taken offense at the statement: "While many
other 'products' are simply personal database scripts thrown together in
FoxPro or Access, our product has always been written in a real
programming language, by real computer experts. We are dog hobbyists but
computer professionals."

I intended no derogation towards FoxPro or Access themselves.  The
statement was intended to connote the fact that many amateurs enter the
animal software market with hodgepodge, unprofessional products.  When
they do, some number of customers sign on, then they have support
questions, and the "product" in question disappears.  Then we here have
the unpleasant task of designing a data convertor for a database that
is, without a doubt, poorly designed.

Having programmed in Clipper, DBase and FoxPro at other times in my life
(especially in the late '80s and early '90s), I firmly believe that
FoxPro is a wonderful tool -- in the right hands.  

Again, I apologize for my comment.  No personal animus is felt, and no
derogation intended.  The statement in question will be redacted or
removed.

John Tamburo
CEO
Man's Best Friend Software
All it takes is a little education...
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