Hello everybody

Even if I am not a paying member (yet), I feel like I have been a part of a community. I have gotten help and I have given help I have downloaded and I have taken a honest interest in the "FoxPro community". I am sad to inform you that I basically sold out for terd administrative decisions for my future. I have accepted the job title of "Maximo System Admin" I was only getting paid 24k and they offered me 39k to do the job when I and my boss/partner have custom software that we created on our own no framework from scratch (a few things I got from here with consent) for the exact same job and they won't use it because my bosses boss asked for the source code and told us he always got the source code with every piece of software (which we pointed out that it is a lie) and we wouldn't give it to him without the MVA "the state" signing off that this wouldn't be free for the rest of the state to copy and use. Also I would sign over my life for lifetime support (not upgrades) and they could use the system for free.

here is the gimik

the previous version of this software (FoxPro 2.6 in Dos) has been praised by many employees, auditors, legislative auditors (procedure auditors) directors for many years of accurate record keeping with a simplicity that is not seen in "the state" combined with powerful backbone with minimal user intervention, but at launch it says "designed, implemented, maintained and upgraded by James Highkin and Stephen McLaughlin". We did that because we saw his bosses taking credit for our achievements (stealing our thunder) and we wouldn't removing it stating that when we got at our job they where still using 3x5 cards and we purchased this software and the compiler program and did the work on our personal computers because you guys (the state) was to cheap to purchase software and never inquired with our needs, just sat on your butts and took the credit.

needless to say they didn't like anyone filled with piss and vinegar, and now I am stuck being the Maximo guy because I am desperate for the money and they would love for me to save there butts and make them look good again by making Maximo do the impossible and work as seamless as my visual program, which any Maximo user / semi advanced FoxPro programmer would say is like turning dung into gold

not trying to sound like "the man" but Maximo has been dumped by 20x more companies then ones who got it to work successfully ......... and what can beat custom Microsoft software interfacing with Microsoft Office creating dynamic documents / spreadsheets / graphs / yada yada with minimal end-user interaction on a Microsoft OS machine, really people it's like putting a Ford engine in a Chevy, why bother

Sorry people I had to vent and see if I could get any feedback / thoughts at the same time