From: "Joe Barr" 


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:

> 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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>> >>
>> >>
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