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-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hemans Sent: Saturday, 7 October 2017 9:37 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] learn more about what you hate so much.
"I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft "forked" Foxpro developers." Yes, and I definitely will never forgive them for that!
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Paul H. Tarver paul@tpcqpc.com wrote:
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft "forked" Foxpro developers. [Sorry but I couldn’t resist, it's FRIDAY!]
Paul H. Tarver Email: paul@tpcqpc.com
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hemans Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 4:38 PM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] learn more about what you hate so much.
Being open source guarantees that it can be forked and that we don't end up in the dead end that VFP became. But there are other options for strongly typed JS available. It is just that being associated with MS means that it has stronger support, whereas other open source projects can simply dry up.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Thierry Nivelet tnivelet@foxincloud.com wrote:
developed and promoted by Microsoft, and widely considered as part of the MS ecosystem even if it's technically open source.
perceptions weigh more than facts, I can testify.
Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
Le 06/10/2017 à 16:55, Alan Bourke a écrit :
On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, at 03:14 PM, Thierry Nivelet wrote:
Typescript is Microsoft;
It's also open source, and only one of a range of similar tools.
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