-=> Quoting David Powell to Abb Naklie <=-
 DP> My complaint isn't about pricing.  It is about such a TIGHT FOCUS on
 DP> the Internet that all other areas of MS development receive no
 DP> attention. 
 DP> I really enjoy the Internet.  It has a long way to go yet, and the
 DP> Road Ahead will be interesting.  But all my clients pay me for good
 DP> database and spreadsheet development.  They don't care a fig for the
 DP> I-way.  I go where the money is for ME.  If I could find a way to earn
 DP> an honest living on the Internet, I'd be even deeper into MS's dream.
 I agree 1,000%. Most businesses day to day use of the computer is not
 internet related, but word processing, database and spreadsheet related.
 If anything, the I-net is just another advertising media for them.
 And for the very small ma & pa businesses, and there's a hell of a lot
 of those, there is no place for the I-net in their day to day operation.
 I'm finally on the I-net, but not as myself. I took a pre-paid year
 on the net as payment for a program (I was made an offer I couldn't
 refuse ). The irony is that the program was one I had written
 many years ago. The minor changes needed to fit his needs only took
 30 minutes max. As an alternative payment, I was offered a prepaid year on
 the internet (value = 2x what I wanted for the program!), my choice
 of provider, but (there's always a catch!), since his credit card was
 going to pre-pay it (therefore _his_ tax credit), I had to be on as him.
 So I took it. We felt that there was nothing illegal about this since
 the provider software was going to be on my computer only (he's never seen
 it) and I'm the only one using it. The idea of my name and his credit
 card number didn't sit too well with either of us. So now I'm
 hunting down all the FoxPro sites. As to who I am, check out a message
 on MS's FoxPro Discussion Site (Visual Foxpro group) called "append
 blank" - yes, I'm still trying to find a solution to that problem
 I mentioned .
 Take Care
 Abb
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