Comments on: FoxPro is sort of alive and well http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/ Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, SQL, Visual FoxPro. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Tod McKenna http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-177 Tod McKenna Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:57:56 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-177 I'm sure it could.... but who needs .NET and SQL Server for small and medium-sized business applications when you have FoxPro?!? ;-) I’m sure it could…. but who needs .NET and SQL Server for small and medium-sized business applications when you have FoxPro?!?

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]]> By: suhashegde http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-176 suhashegde Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:45:30 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-176 Making VFP into 64bit would enable to break the 2gb barrier limit for foxpro , WHy would MS defineatly kill its own products like MS sqlserver ?? Also A word of thought MS killed VB and built VB.net. Couldnt it make a VFP.net ? Sure it could But there would be no more $$$ with a fast data excess , its own frontend , Easy dataexcess etc to MS as it sells Sql server on Windows servers with licences etc. Making VFP into 64bit would enable to break the 2gb barrier limit for foxpro , WHy would MS defineatly kill its own products like MS sqlserver ??

Also A word of thought

MS killed VB and built VB.net.
Couldnt it make a VFP.net ? Sure it could But there would be no more $$$ with a fast data excess , its own frontend , Easy dataexcess etc to MS as it sells Sql server on Windows servers with licences etc.

]]> By: Tod McKenna http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-56 Tod McKenna Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:52:38 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-56 I'm not so sure I agree that .NET is stupid, but I hear what you're saying Cyril. Alas, though Steve is right: MS has too much IP deep within the code. So a sale seems unlikely at best. You know, if all MS did was upgrade the product to 64bit, and did nothing else at all, I think we'd all be pretty darn happy! I’m not so sure I agree that .NET is stupid, but I hear what you’re saying Cyril. Alas, though Steve is right: MS has too much IP deep within the code. So a sale seems unlikely at best.

You know, if all MS did was upgrade the product to 64bit, and did nothing else at all, I think we’d all be pretty darn happy!

]]> By: Steve http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-55 Steve Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:16:57 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-55 Microsoft won't ever sell off VFP because they've been using core parts of it in other technologies (from what I understand). Like it or not, .NET is here to stay. Microsoft won’t ever sell off VFP because they’ve been using core parts of it in other technologies (from what I understand). Like it or not, .NET is here to stay.

]]> By: Cyril Joudieh http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-54 Cyril Joudieh Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:58:18 +0000 http://blog.todmeansfox.com/2007/08/02/foxpro-is-sort-of-alive-and-well/#comment-54 I wish Microsoft would reconsider FoxPro or sell it to a qualified company to maintain development or recreate FoxPro from scratch with all its goodies. .Net is just plain .Stupid. I wish Microsoft would reconsider FoxPro or sell it to a qualified company to maintain development or recreate FoxPro from scratch with all its goodies. .Net is just plain .Stupid.

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