Hey Bonnie,

Is it just me? Have you EVER seen a thread in a professional forum as long as the one on spam.....about ONE email notifying you of a professional conference? What's the saying, "1) don't sweat the small stuff", "2) everything is small stuff".

And now the folks that put on the conference are all worried because a couple vocal people have complained. Meaning that there are probably going to be many people who never find out about this opportunity to increase their skills.

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>Hi Hugh!
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>You got that right ...
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>~~Bonnie
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>>Hi All,
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>>Although your concerns regarding spam are legitimate to a point I think some of you may be a bit too sensitive to your own eMail space.
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>>I have never met Russ in person, however we have talked on the phone numerous times on other matters. But I can tell you straight up that Russ is a high quality individual and a great benefactor of the Visual FoxPro programming language and community.
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>>His devotion to the language runs deeper than most of you will ever know or achieve.
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>>As you may know, FoxPro is a struggling language. The rumors of its demise are pervasive. Negativity about its future is rampant. Even in these hallowed halls. If you are a devoted Visual FoxPro programmer like me, you'd probably like to see FoxPro around in the future. To make that a reality we (as a community) need to welcome and support anything that supports FoxPro (which Russ's developer conference certainly does).
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>>You may not know this, but throwing a wing ding like a dev conference is a high-risk endeavor. Russ will likely spend tens of thousands of dollars and may lose money or just break even for years to build a conference like his. He's not doing it for the big bucks I can assure you. If he breaks even it will be a miracle. Russ is doing the conference because he cares about Visual FoxPro. The language and the community.
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>>Russ needs your support so that he can do what he can to expand the acceptance and knowledge about Visual FoxPro. I recommend that when you get one of his eMails, forward it to a friend or acquaintance in the IT community who may not know about Visual FoxPro and the great things that are going on with it.
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>>I believe Russ's eMails are not the problem. They are the solution!
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>>Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you.
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>>Sincerely,
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>>Hugh Winters