Ted, It's very good to know there is a way around MS's plunders (blunders!), but as Alan pointed out MS is in a position to dispense the death of a thousand needles if it so chooses.
MS made the decision to buy FoxPro, and then they made the decision to stop further development. There's still one more Big Decision for them to make: whether to kill it (one way or the other) or willingly keep it alive along with Windows. We're not going to find much comfort in MS's handling of VFP so far, but perhaps with Big Bill less involved, better judgement will prevail. After all, VFP is a gold mine, and MS is going to need every resource it has to face the future. While MS was enjoying it's heyday, IBM and friends haven't been on vacation. See http://mainframe.solutionscenter.techweb.com/ Bill > *we may end up with the curious situation where a Linux server running > Samba will actually work better for this than a Windows Server box. > That has been the case for some time, at least for some of us. A couple of my clients run a Linux server to host their files and shared documents. They don't have problems with the vendors switching to incompatible SMB protocols. They don't have licensing issues with remote control software (VNC and ssh and/or RDP) changing from version to version, Gil's big complaint. They can run world-class software: web serving (Apache), email (PostFix/Sendmail), database (FoxPro DBF serving via Samba, or MySQL/PostgreSQL), groupware, etc. And, of course, it's firewalled (iptables), virus-scanned (ClamAV) and intrusion-protected (Tripwire, etc.) So, what advantages would there be to running Windows Server? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ 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/72ef55dc07d24f4996b16d09b3de5...@bills ** 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.
