I was almost thinking this should be marked as OT or NF - since its Not Technical - and its Not about VFP coding...
So - a couple of months ago, as you know - I was looking for a book here at my office regarding Office Automation. Since, in our office - there were a number of bookcases with lots of books on them. And, since ALL the original systems were written in FoxPro - it so happens that they had a LOT of FoxPro books. Now - I didn't find the specific Automation book I was looking for.
However, when I did find - was a small book called FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software. And, in the past I have read some true stories about technology - like "Mind of a New Machine" and "iWoz". So - I figured this would be interesting. And, indeed - Kerry Nietz is doing a great job in telling of the story. Am at the point in the book where the product was renamed from FireFox to FoxPro - and Kerry is relaying his work in creating the Report Writer (originally based upon a 3rd party program - which they then integrated into FoxPro for DOS).
I'm finding the book quite entertaining - and figured others in this forum might also find it interesting!
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On 03/01/2016 02:04 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote:
I was almost thinking this should be marked as OT or NF - since its Not Technical - and its Not about VFP coding...
But it is about Fox, so no tag needed.
I read that when it came out. A very interesting read, as I knew many of the people involved! Never met Kerry, though.
I also bought that book when it came out and it still resides on my bookshelf. A great read.
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On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Ed Leafe ed@leafe.com wrote:
On 03/01/2016 02:04 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote:
I was almost thinking this should be marked as OT or NF - since its Not
Technical - and its Not about VFP coding...
But it is about Fox, so no tag needed.
I read that when it came out. A very interesting read, as I knew many of the people involved! Never met Kerry, though.
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-- Ed Leafe
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Remember getting it at at a conference as well.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Ed Leafe ed@leafe.com wrote:
On 03/01/2016 02:04 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote:
I was almost thinking this should be marked as OT or NF - since its Not
Technical - and its Not about VFP coding...
But it is about Fox, so no tag needed.
I read that when it came out. A very interesting read, as I knew many of the people involved! Never met Kerry, though.
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-- Ed Leafe
[excessive quoting removed by server]