On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats my take too. There is plenty of free help available without paying > for what is after all members of the foxpro community writing. Its one thing > getting one of whil's books but I would rather opt for helping and getting > help here on Profox. I dont believe it will attract any new VFP users > otherwise I might buy but its not likely.
Well, you make money by investing your money, in resources, tools and people. In their heyday, I subscribed to FoxPro Advisor, FoxTalk and every other magazine out there. I attended every conference I could manage and every user group meeting I could attend. In every case, I would learn something I could turn around and apply to my business and make back my investments. Sometimes it was a job opportunity I heard in a hallway, sometimes it was a new product's advertisement, sometimes a trick or tip or feature I wasn't aware of. Now, that requires a business that needs that kind of innovation and new code and techniques, it needs the opportunity to use them, and it requires that you learn from your tools; if the FoxTalks get piled up in the corner unread, they're pretty unlikely to pay for themselves. While I'm not doing a lot of new work in Fox these days, picking up a copy of FoxRocksX lets me find out what the editors and authors think are the most interesting advancements in the computing industry today, hand-selected by people whose opinion I respect. Sure, you can find the topics on Google, too, but it's all noise and low signal. But for that editorial function alone, an investment of $99 (USD - that's like $4,000 Candian or Euro!) is a low-risk, potentially high-reward investment. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ 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.
