> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 6:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Is anyone else here getting dumber like me? > > On Jun 11, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > I mention Ted and Kevin because they are working with Linux. I am > > finding > > Python to be a lot like FoxPro. FoxPro back in 1991 could do more > > than > > anything out there. That is Python now in my opinion. I was > > constantly > > learning new languages and OS's until I discovered FoxPro. After > > that I > > didn't need anything else so I got lazy. I was perfectly > > satisfied. In my > > opinion, it is now time to learn something else. For me that is > > Python. It > > just so happens that a friend of mine developed a really cool > > framework for > > it! > > Remember, back then Fox was cross-platform. FoxBase+/Mac was a > pretty cool Mac application in its day, and FoxPro 2.0 was a direct > copy of the Mac interface, and was the first fully-mousable DOS > application. > > Python, and by extension, Dabo, are a return to that. You mention > Linux, but one thing people should remember is that Python kicks ass > on Windows! > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com
Ed: Of course you only mention that because I didn't. Because my customers are Windows only that is the platform I will continue to develop for. As a practical matter some major corporations are still using Windows 2000 and some innovative ones have implemented 2003. Consumers may be installing Vista, but unless there is a viable server version, major Microsoft customers will not be interested. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/x-pkcs7-signature --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
