Never needed MS support really

A+

Jml

Op 8-apr.-2011 17:04 schreef "Jerry Foote" <jerryf@footegroup.com> het

volgende:

> Support...

> Well when the support was available from Microsoft for VFP it was paid. I

> know you can find answers to your questions on this illustrious group and

> other collection of like-minded sites faster that you could waiting on

hold

> for Microsoft.

> Jerry

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

> Of david Smith

> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:35 AM

> To: profox@leafe.com

> Subject: RE: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

>

> " I have yet to run into anything I can't do with VFP and third party

tools"

> ... I can: Get meaningful support. Outside of this illustrious group and a

> small collection of like-minded sites out there, there is virtually

nothing

> out there of any depth. This is not a slam against VFP. I really wish it

was

> different, but it has become a niche product that is slowly fading from

> relevance because it is not supported. Again, this is not a slam. I

respect

> the community here and the product itself, but it's exceedingly difficult

to

> find user communities, and for me, that was enough to push me to a

different

> language where I could actually get help.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com]

On

> Behalf Of Jerry Foote

> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:16 AM

> To: profoxtech@leafe.com

> Subject: RE: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

>

> I don't know about weird, but I do know about Customers.

> I still maintain programs written over the years some going back to Foxpro

> For Dos. If a program works in the first place the only reason to move to

a

> new program is to make it prettier.. When I read all the posts that Foxpro

> Is dead the only thing that comes to my mind is Microsoft's need for

greed.

> I have yet to run into anything I can't do with VFP and third party tools.

> Jerry

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

> Of Jean Laeremans

> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:59 AM

> To: ProFox Email List

> Subject: Re: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

>

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Alan Bourke <alanpbourke@fastmail.fm>

wrote:

>

>> .. that started a new FoxPro for Windows 2.6a project this week.

>> --

>> Alan Bourke

>> alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

>>

>>

> Always thought the Brits were rather weird. ...

>

> A+

> jml

>

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