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Now the bright side.<\/p>\n

Yes we are eternally stubborn and optimistic.<\/p>\n

0000<\/b><\/span> The cloud of uncertainty that have loomed over us for the past, what… 12<\/span>… 15<\/span> years or so has evaporated. The announcement is over. We will no longer have those shrek-donkey-are-we-there-yet moments from within us and those surrounding us, which by the way is annoying.<\/p>\n

Now we have to focus on what we have, which is enough really. The VFP core alone is a lot. Sedna being free and open source-d is of course, a plus.<\/p>\n

0001<\/b><\/span> There’s more time to catch up. I don’t have to be bombarded with features that I don’t have the time to learn. I can still learn the old new features. Make the most of it. Probably I can even dig up undocumented ones. <\/p>\n

Have more intimacy with VFP9<\/span>. <\/p>\n

0010<\/b><\/span> The VFP team can work on LINQ and other technologies that are being incorporated into VB.NET and C#<\/span>. Those two languages still have a lot to do in terms of catching up with FoxPro… : ) <\/p>\n

0011<\/b><\/span> The whines generated online by that announcement is entertaining. It helps to ease the stress.<\/p>\n

(Ah btw… if you’re wondering what this list is all about do check the details in the previous post<\/a>.) <\/p>\n

0100<\/b><\/span> Probably I can really move my arse to dig into that VS2003<\/span> I installed on SAKKHRA a year ago. Probably I can -R it (my attitude included) after letting it remain idle for some time. Now if only I can find a practical real world database application for that.<\/p>\n

0101<\/b><\/span> CodePlex CodePlex CodePlex. Sedna Sedna Sedna. Insert the Balmeys somewhere here. (Animations included.) <\/p>\n

0110<\/b><\/span> It sorts out the insecure developers, programmers and freelancers from the real ones. <\/p>\n

There was a time when those Real Programmers don’t use C jokes were cool. Probably it’s about time someone writes a Fox version for that.<\/p>\n

0111<\/b><\/span> It’s in our hands already. Sedna… in CodePlex… free and open source-d. With its promised extensibility, we can make a VisualFoxPro.NET 7000<\/span> with it, right?<\/p>\n

We can even make our own OS with it if we like.<\/p>\n

FoxPro-powered flight simulator… anyone..?<\/p>\n

1000<\/b><\/span> VFP still works with SQL Server (MySQL and FireBird included), works with Office and even OpenOffice, runs on Windows XP and Vista, interconnects with .NET, understands XML… and a lot more. <\/p>\n

VFP core still provides practical, reliable and cost-efficient solutions to your problems. Especially desktop-based applications. <\/p>\n

1001<\/b><\/span> It gives you a good reason to really learn something new. <\/p>\n

1010<\/b><\/span> Aliens will have a hard time invading us. Codes (Its syntax and semantics) generated from other languages, except for some, are more cryptic than the clarity FoxPro barfs out. <\/p>\n

There’s more really… but I need to work.<\/p>\n

No worries.<\/p>\n

You can be sad of course, if you like. Disappointed perhaps… cry and do the rain dance. You can even compose and hum a melancholic tune if you want…<\/p>\n

… but life goes on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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