Another reason to go to Oz...

If Craig keeps this up, I think I just need to move down there...yes, granted Nick is from Canada - but it seems there's really no end to some of the great stuff coming out of and into Australia these days...especially for Fox developers.

Drag and drop is one of those things that many developers overlook and don't feel can make a major difference in their application and yet once it's been implemented, it totally changes the way the application feels and works to end users. Great topic.

Craig Bailey on Microsoft: VFP: Sydney VFP special event 17 Oct 2007

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Bill said…

I'm glad to see you're still tracking all things "Fox"... I've got to admit, for me, VFP has become a secondary tool that I use mostly for complex SQL queries of remote data stores.

There just doesn't seem to be a lot of (VFP) work flowing this way of late.

I'm not ready to give up on it though as I still find myself being most productive when I'm using it.

Maybe we all need to just move to Oz, if that's where the work is!! :)

Thanks for stopping by my place.

October 6, 2007 at 1:01 PM

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