Hi John,

You're right. Don't you think at some point it could be a part of a complete description?

Mom & pop shops don't have the same needs as big corporations.

So if the MS objective is really to get every potential customer the information they need don't you think that their description should reflect the $ aspect also? Don't you think that MS should guide their potential customers toward the NEEDED solution and not only toward the most profitable solution for MS?

Looks like it's hard to please everybody.

You want me to give you a complete description? I can't do that because I don't have all the facts needed in a thorough one. But you know who have all the facts? MS

Here's an example that could explain the reaction about the incomplete/incorrect description:

On our web site we had an agressive approach. We were comparing ourselves to the competition. Saying things they say they do but that they did'nt. Before making the site public we asked for friends and relatives to give us feedback about what they liked and did'nt like.

Those comparisons came up as being too agressive and some did'nt like that. From a marketing point of view that approach is defendable (that's what we thought). But if those we know did'nt like it could we really afford the risk of releasing it the way it was? Hmm potential negative reaction is never good.

So we removed that.

You get my point? Some complained about a description to the HIGHER AUTORITIES within MS. The official reaction to it surprised me and did'nt surprise me. No money to make with DBF so any reason will be accepted to put FEAR about it's use and practically forcing everyone to spend $$$$ to get what was described as the SAFE solution.

And who will really fight on this. Those protecting and caring for the small shops. This looks like a minority over here on the UT. So either it's the majority here is working with BIG businesses or are tired of working with small shops and would like DBF to disappear hoping to get too in the big $$$ train.

So I guess that what I just said resumes to this:

Either you respect your potential customer and propose the solution that is really needed or only think in term of $$ and try to make the most of it.



>But the original statement had nothing to do with $$$$
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>>>Hi Denis,
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>>>If you wouldn't mind I'd be curious to know how you would reword this so I more fully understand your point.
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>>DBF (VFP) = $, Client-Server (SQL Server) = $$$$$$$$$$$$$