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R.i.p. V.F.P.
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28/10/2003 13:19:02
Dave Nantais
Light speed database solutions
Ontario, Canada
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Visual FoxPro
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00843655
Message ID:
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Nothing personal, but who gives a RIP! IMHO, these threads are totally worthless. Market your skills and product, not what you develop with. If it works, performs well and you support your product well, the customer could probably give a RIP as well. However, if the only development tool in your skill set is VFP, then you should be worried.

What VFP developers buy VFP books from bookstores anyway? The bulk are sold directly from Hentzenwerke.

>Prominently displayed at the "World's Biggest Bookstore" in downtown Toronto three week's ago is "what's new in Visual Foxpro 8.0". The World's Biggest bookstore is in the heart of downtown toronto with a computer book section of some 5000 square feet. The place is open more than twelve hours a day.
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>I returned recently and asked the manager of the computer book section how many copies have been sold. Thus far, one copy.
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>Rick Strahl is no longer a VFP MVP...he is spending time on C#...
>the price of his VFP web store fell thirty three percent....
>Kevin Macneish is waving the white flag on his VFP framework...
>Whil Hentzen is publishing Linux books...
>Many high profile VFP developers are leaving...
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>At a prominent developers conference Ken Levy played "the best is yet to come" by Frank Sinatra...
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>Well folks it looks like VFP is as dead as 'ole' blue eyes....
>p.s. the 'ole' is not an acronym for "object linking and embedding"
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA
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