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To: AbolishCSEU

>>We have a “Senior Programmer” who only knows Fox Pro and refuses to learn any new languages.

Wow, just wow!

For those unfamiliar, FoxPro got bought out by Microsoft about 25 years ago. My cousin worked for them, and ended up working for Microsoft as a result, and did very well with that. But FoxPro was obsolescent 20 years ago, completely so say 15 years ago.

Incredible, regarding this employee.


37 posted on 12/08/2017 1:23:30 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
I still use Foxpro for Windows every day for all the massive databases I work on, and it works fantastic for me (while also learning new languages, website programming, etc.)

The only problem was precisely the fact that Microsoft bought it to reduce competition and in order to quit update versions so as to phase it out in favor of other products. MS has a history of being anti-technology that way.

But that's the nice thing about good solid software, that it will just keep running stably.

40 posted on 12/08/2017 1:43:52 AM PST by wildandcrazyrussian
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To: FreedomPoster

This guy is living in 1992 and we all can’t stand him. He makes himself out to be a victim “nobody likes me” but then brags about how many millions he has in the bank.


42 posted on 12/08/2017 9:45:51 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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