Comments on: MasFoxPro Petition http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/ Shedding some light on topics of software development, Visual FoxPro, saving our planet, paying it forward, and anything else I find important enough to share. Sun, 13 Jan 2019 18:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Carl Warner http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Carl Warner Fri, 04 May 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/#comment-855 >> but you also are asking for alternatives such as VFP getting open sourced or worked on by a third-party company as alternatives.<br /><br />I am doing no such thing. I posted a comment that shows after my name that says I support future development. I never ever asked for more than that and won't support more than that.<br /><br />I cannot control the all encompassing scope of those who started up the petition. But my posted comment controls what I believe and why I signed. I limited my support with my comment and anyone else can as well. >> but you also are asking for alternatives such as VFP getting open sourced or worked on by a third-party company as alternatives.

I am doing no such thing. I posted a comment that shows after my name that says I support future development. I never ever asked for more than that and won’t support more than that.

I cannot control the all encompassing scope of those who started up the petition. But my posted comment controls what I believe and why I signed. I limited my support with my comment and anyone else can as well.

]]> By: Rick Schummer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Rick Schummer Tue, 01 May 2007 08:34:02 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/#comment-856 Marty - thanks for understanding my need for the positive and thanks for providing the humor for my morning with the Reciprocal Law of Expectations. I like you balanced version too. Marty – thanks for understanding my need for the positive and thanks for providing the humor for my morning with the Reciprocal Law of Expectations. I like you balanced version too.

]]> By: Rick Schummer http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-857 Rick Schummer Tue, 01 May 2007 08:31:13 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/#comment-857 Carl,<br /><br />It is true that by signing the Letter to the Microsoft Executives you are asking for development to continue at Microsoft, but you also are asking for alternatives such as VFP getting open sourced or worked on by a third-party company as alternatives. It is not cut and dry as some people have posted. I suspect this is part of the conflict for those who have not signed. Carl,

It is true that by signing the Letter to the Microsoft Executives you are asking for development to continue at Microsoft, but you also are asking for alternatives such as VFP getting open sourced or worked on by a third-party company as alternatives. It is not cut and dry as some people have posted. I suspect this is part of the conflict for those who have not signed.

]]> By: Marty Cantwell http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Marty Cantwell Tue, 01 May 2007 01:14:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/#comment-858 One of the things I've always appreciated about you Rick, is that you do have an exceptionally positive outlook on everything. We could all learn an important lesson from you here...<br /><br />An old joke I know states the Reciprocal Law of Expectations as:<br />"Negative Expectations Yield Negative Results"<br />"Positive Expectations Yield Negative Results"<br /><br />Perhaps we should consider a different tact. We could call it the "Correctly-Balanced Reciprocal Law of Expectations" which could be stated as:<br />"Negative Expectations <i>should usually be discarded</i>"<br />"Positive Expectations <i>Can Always</i> Yield Positive Results" One of the things I’ve always appreciated about you Rick, is that you do have an exceptionally positive outlook on everything. We could all learn an important lesson from you here…

An old joke I know states the Reciprocal Law of Expectations as:
“Negative Expectations Yield Negative Results”
“Positive Expectations Yield Negative Results”

Perhaps we should consider a different tact. We could call it the “Correctly-Balanced Reciprocal Law of Expectations” which could be stated as:
“Negative Expectations should usually be discarded“
“Positive Expectations Can Always Yield Positive Results”

]]> By: Carl Warner http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-859 Carl Warner Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:04:00 +0000 http://rickschummer.com/blog2/2007/04/masfoxpro-petition/#comment-859 As I've written on the VFUG List Server, I want it documented somewhere within the Fox community that I want VFP development to continue at MS. I don't want MS to think that VFP is going out with a whimper where they can say only a handful of people protested, so our decision at MS to stop VFP development is the tight one.<br /><br />On Vista troubles, here's a link I saw just this morning that highlights an area that I have used very successfully because I explore and click/right-mouse click anything and everything in a newer product:<br /><br />[Vista] Is there an XP emulation in Vista?<br />http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18254366<br /><br />VFP Rocks! I wish MS chose to continue to rock with VFP as well. As I’ve written on the VFUG List Server, I want it documented somewhere within the Fox community that I want VFP development to continue at MS. I don’t want MS to think that VFP is going out with a whimper where they can say only a handful of people protested, so our decision at MS to stop VFP development is the tight one.

On Vista troubles, here’s a link I saw just this morning that highlights an area that I have used very successfully because I explore and click/right-mouse click anything and everything in a newer product:

[Vista] Is there an XP emulation in Vista?
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18254366

VFP Rocks! I wish MS chose to continue to rock with VFP as well.

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