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VFP: Sydney VFP User Group from last week

Last week at the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group we had Rahul Desai and John Burrows speak.Rahul presented on VFP tools including FoxMasters – click here for his summaryJohn presented on Refox – click here for his presentation

VFP: FoxWiki volume and FoxPro RSS feeds

A very interesting message over on the West Wind Message Board about FoxWiki volumehttp://www.west-wind.com/wwThreads/default.asp?msgid=1UA1APSY4 Interesting to read that of the thousands of unique daily hits, only 310 people subscribe the RSS feed. Where do people find the time? I’ve subscribed to the feed for ages, because I just don’t have  the time to...

VFP: More requests for Aussie VFP developers

Calling Australian Visual FoxPro developers. I need to know your details. I seem to be getting more and more calls these days from people asking for help with customising and extending their VFP systems. Often they are after companies to outsource work to. Currently I recommend a few companies I know personally and direct them to this Wiki page:, if you are in the market for...

VFP: Too much stuff coming from the community

Yep, well as per usual the Visual FoxPro community is delivering in spades, and I don’t have time to keep up.Dave Crozier joins us with an impressive debut, and I’m still trying to get my head around the incredible GDIPlusX library update that Bo Durban and Craig Boyd have posted on SednaX (soon to be VFPX).Heck, I only just  found time to listen to The Fox Show...

LINK: Craig Berntson makes me smile

One of the things I love about Craig Berntson is how he speaks his mind. Like this post about Ray Ozzie taking over from Bill in time. Classic.And I’m with Craig on the WinFX renaming – what’s the problem?

VFP: Craig Boyd restores my faith

Just when I was starting to get a little worried (as per my comment on being underwhelmed with Sedna so far) Craig Boyd comes along and gets me all excited again. World domination? Just possibly…

LINK: Microsoft Certified Architect goes live

The link is hereAn exciting program in my opinion (here’s my thoughts about it from last year). From the press release:“Being a Microsoft Certified Architect allows me to go in and evangelize the proper use of technology to the people who need to be touched with that.” Will it make it to Australia I wonder? I hope so…  

SOFTWARE: Refactoring vs Maxfactoring

maxfactoringnoun, verb1. the process of gradually improving the ‘look and feel’ of a software application in small chunks2. partaking in the UX initiative of ‘results driven application surface design’The result is aesthetic only, there is no change in functionality, performance, stability, scalability or reliability. Side effects include...

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