From: "Paul Ranson" 

You posted here without a disclaimer or credit, therefore taking
responsibility for the content. The quote you posted was incorrect, so I
didn't follow the link.

It might be worth making it clearer?

Paul

"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
news:pan.2003.05.16.16.46.08.275801{at}austin.rr.com...
>
> I don't suppose that you noticed that I didn't write the article?
>
>
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2003 15:51:26 +0100, Paul Ranson wrote:
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> > The whole technical premise of your article is wrong.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> > news:pan.2003.05.15.22.21.20.823103{at}austin.rr.com...
> >>
> >> Exactly what did I say that made you think that way?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 15 May 2003 22:09:30 +0100, Paul Ranson wrote:
> >>
> >> > I think you're talking out of your arse.
> >> >
> >> > If you need SQL Server (or any other proper database)
then VFP won't
> >> > do
> > by
> >> > itself. If you don't need one then VFP, VB, VC++, Access
all provide
> >> > solutions.
> >> >
> >> > There are obviously many other good reasons for not choosing VB.
> >> >
> >> > Paul
> >> >
> >> > "Joe Barr" 
wrote in message
> >> > news:pan.2003.05.15.13.04.45.449737{at}austin.rr.com...
> >> >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6869
> >> >>
> >> >> In the past few weeks, this story has appeared on
The Register,
> >> >> Slashdot, LinuxWorld and even the German publication
Heise Online.
> >> >> That's pretty amazing considering Microsoft has done
its best the
> >> >> last few years to keep Visual FoxPro, one of its most powerful
> >> >> development tools, off the radar screen. Why would
they do that? One
> >> >> simple reason: money. An application developed in
Visual FoxPro is
> >> >> much more
> > economical
> >> >> for a business, as Visual FoxPro has its own data handling and
> >> >> storage capabilities. Contrast that with the much
more popular tool
> >> >> Visual Basic, which requires a separate data engine (usually
> >> >> Microsoft SQL Server). Microsoft makes a lot more
money selling
> >> >> licenses for SQL Server, which are quite expensive,
than they do
when
> >> >> VFP applications are distributed, requiring no
additional license
> >> >> fees. So which
> > solution
> >> >> do you think Microsoft is going to promote? The fact
that Visual
> >> >> FoxPro has a rich set of development tools and a robust
> >> >> object-oriented programming language doesn't concern
them; they
> >> >> simply want the highest license fees they can
squeeze out of their
> >> >> customers.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
>
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