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Ok, this depresses me now. I think VFP is the absolute best tool for data centric apps in a client/server environment.
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I'll stop you right there - and tell you it is not. Just looking at VB 6 - and the way it integrated with ADO - it was a far better C/S environment than Fox. Fast forward to .NET - and teh way it is integrated with ADO .NET, it too is far better than Fox.

Rod and I got a lot out of Fox in a C/S environment - and DataClas is proof of that. The lack of event support and the lack of async support puts Fox at a major disadvantage to other tools. For example, Java can tap into Oracle messaging. Fox can't do that.


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It may always be the best choice for smaller shops. Very soon though, the medium sized and larger sized businesses will all be moving (if they aren't already) to centrally managed web apps (IMHO ONLY).
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I would qualify that often, Fox is the only feasible choice - given budget constraints. That is the reality. In effect, what folks up here are saying - without saying it is if you have an unsophisticated environment and you don't have a lot of $ - Fox is the way to go. Why do you think Fox is so popular in lesser-developed countries????


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I attended the 1996 Developers conference and I was very satisfied with the sessions and the quality of the speakers. VFP was a promising tool then. I did not get the impression that VFP had a very limited lifetime back then.
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In 1996, I was a big believer in what Fox could do - given the work product put forth by Rick Strahl. Our first Fox book - for 5.0 came out in 1996 - and was released at that show. By 1998 however, that era of good feeling was over.

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I see the writing on the wall now (well who really couldn't with MSFT practically hitting us over the head with a brick from behind to make it known in a backhanded way), but I really did not back then. Guess I had my head in the sand in 1996!
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My head was in the sand too in 1996 - even though 3 years earlier, it was apparent what MS was at the very least - implying. Again, by 1998 - my head was out of the sand.