Hi
I said many times that MSFT will try to promote fat client approach. Mainly because, to run a thin client app in a browser, you don't need Windows OS.
Maybe the author is not aware that you can design a rich client in VFP using latest Web services technologies.


>Interesting reading:
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/using/building/windows/analystreports/richclient.aspx
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>At some point he (John Meyer) says:
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>"Stop using first-generation (tier-two fat client) rich client technologies for new development projects. This would include technologies like Delphi, VB, FoxPro, PowerBuilder, etc."
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>I can understand Delphi, PowerBuilder and etc (they are competition), VB, they have VP.net, but FoxPro? (Well he didn't say Access, C++...)
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>All that made me remember How Microsoft Lost the API War...
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>Fernando