> You want to promote MS, fine, but from my point of view you don't belong > here. >
My god, Bill. I missed Stephen's post, and I really do not know what could have provoked such a strong response from you. You are clearly a very intelligent person, and very much appreciated by myself and others. Further, I do not disagree in total with your assessment re: what M$ has done to those of us who actually managed to create some profitable VFP based solutions for our clients. I do feel abandoned by M$, and resent their high handed attempts to crush others through product kill-off and FUD. But to say Stephen does not "belong here" because he is allegedly playing a "MS-lackey role" is a position that would destroy the very essence of what "we" are all about as ProFoxers. As yourself, I am seeking a blend of M$ alternatives, but I am not overtly slamming everything M$ just because of M$'s way of doing business. I feel I have been beguiled by M$ in some areas, and I put those issues forth in the past. That said, M$ actually got a few things right IMHO, accidentally perhaps (VFP, Virtual PC 2004). Certainly I would not try to make a ProFox member feel as though he/she ought to be ousted on account of his/her opinion r: M$ differing from mine. Stephen, despite how anyone else may feel about you being welcome "here", I find your posts to be of value. Unfortunately it is likely I will not see any responses to my little "outburst", as I did take this [OT] (duck and cover <g>). Bill, this is not a chastisement, as for me to do that would put me in a judgmental position - and this little matter does not warrant that. I just felt strongly compelled to express my shock at your statement, and want to let Stephen know he is also appreciated by at least one of his fellow ProFoxers. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Arnold > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Design Question > > > Stephen, > > I understand that you don't understand, but what I don't understand is > the MS-lackey role you're playing. MS doesn't give a hoot about us, they > just managed to painted themselves into a corner with VFP. Evidentially > MS's plan all along was to buy out and kill VFP, but the VFP team > delivered a great product, which flew right in the face of Bill Gates' > plan to build around Basic from day 1. The whole .NET/CLR thing brought > this to a head because at that time MS was forced to finally choose > between the Basic and xBase paradigms because .NET had to go one way or > the other. The decision was pre-ordained and Basic got the nod and VFP > the boot. > > MS isn't on our side, unless of course we get into their fold and > re-write for .NET. MS's latest/last move with VFP have been crafted for > one reason: to keep the company from being sued by people like me who > bought into their sales pitch when they assimilated VFP and invested > heavily in the FoxPro product development system - only to discover > years (and many hundreds of thousands of dollars) later that they had an > ulterior motive all along. Had they been honest and up-front about their > plan, we wouldn't be in the position we're in today. > > What they did, in my mind, was totally underhanded but typical behavior. > It is with much irony that I admire Bill Gates, but I certainly do not > like and will not accept being one of his victims. > > You want to promote MS, fine, but from my point of view you don't belong > here. > > To anyone else, my effort is to identify and capitalize on VFP's > strength in the marketplace and get around the obstacles MS has created. > We do have options, despite what MS and their lackeys are saying. > > > Bill > > > "Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the > inventor" -Macbeth > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] 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.
