You guys need to remember that the reason foxbase, foxplus, foxpro, vfp, etc. took off so dramatically is that it gave the engineers (NOT IT People) the ability to develop solutions that the IT departments weren't or couldn't deliver.
Most of these older systems were developed by people with no formal training. I myself started that way. One thing that has me concerned is that there is no longer a software solution like that on the market, unless you consider access and I've just never considered access to be much of anything. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com http://www.jobsforourfuture.com/index.php -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:37 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] I love contracting! That's funny. I've never done that, but I should. The worst Foxpro programming I've ever seen was when the nitwit had a relation set to recno() --- Derek Kalweit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As an employee he had very > > little choice but he made his displeasure known by > putting a header on every > > program and method stating that he had not > designed this system and not > > accepting any responsibility for the design. > > So I'm not the only person to put that kinda comment > in code.... ;-) > > > -- > Derek > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/5150ce9c0705171305qd39fde3j4b70caf05d [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
