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#50 -  Interview with Alan Stevens about VFP, Sedna, JFast and more.

#49 - VFP Sedna is released and an interview with JD Mullins from Sybase iAnywhere (February 2nd, 2008)

#48 - Awaiting Sedna and the new Advantage Database Server from Sybase iAnywhere. (January 14th, 2008)

#47 - Interview with Tod McKenna on data normalization techniques

#37 - Interview with Rod Miller of dbi Technologies
#36 - Jan 25, 2006 - Interview with Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer, Craig Boyd on SednaX
#35 - Dec 19, 2005 - Interview with John Petersen on development legal issues
#34 - Nov 30, 2005 - Upcoming conferences, the Big Moo and Fox events
#33 - Nov 21, 2005 - Conferences and Interview with Tamar Granor
#32 - Nov 12, 2005 - Thoughts on SednaX and discussion with Rick Strahl
#31 - Nov 4, 2005 - Interview with Rainer Becker, new editor of FoxTalk
#30 - Oct 31, 2005 - Interview with David Stevenson, former editor of FoxTalk
#29 - Oct 22, 2005 - Fox News and Design Patterns
#28 - Oct 19, 2005 - Southwest Wrap up with Doug Hennig and Kevin Ragsdale
#27 - Oct 14, 2005 - Interview with Toni Feltman
#26 - Oct 7, 2005 - Discussion with Rick Borup and lost Ken Levy interview
#25 - Oct 6, 2005 - Interview with Marcia Akins, Andy Kramek, +Macros and more
#24 - Oct 2, 2005 - an interview with Ken Levy
#23 - Sept 28, 2005 - an interview with Craig Berntson
#22 - Sept 21, 2005 - an interview with Markus Egger
#21 - Sept 13, 2005 - an interview with Steven Black
#20 - Sept 9, 2005 - an interview with Bob Kocher of Southwest Fox
19 - Aug 17, 2005
18 - Aug 13, 2005
17 - Aug 1, 2005 - Bill Sander Part II
16 - July 20, 2005 - interview with Bill Sanders
15 - July 7th, 2005 - RSS, ActiveVFP, DotNet
14 - June 30th, 2005 - Designing an application
13 - June 17, 2005 - Debugging DevCon
12 - June 2, 2005 - The VFP Roadmap
11 - May 30th, 2005 - FoxPro Application Design
10 - Posted May 21st, 2005
FoxShow #9 - Posted May 19th, 2005
FoxShow #8 - Posted May 9th, 2005
FoxShow #7 - Posted May 2nd, 2005
FoxShow #6 - Posted April 23rd, 2005
FoxShow #5 - Posted April 17th, 2005
FoxShow #4 - Posted April 8th, 2005
FoxShow #3 - Posted April 1, 2005
FoxShow #2 - Posted March 24th, 2005
FoxShow #1 - Posted March 15th, 2005

Part 1 - The Executive Basics

Part 2 - The Nitty Gritty Details

The MVP award program was started in 1993 as a way for Microsoft to recognize those individuals who share their expertise in offline and online communities.

Mr. MacNeill was first named an MVP in 1995 and 1996. He has been named an MVP every year since 2005.

The developer has a much larger perspective and an ability to see the bigger picture. The programmer writes code, throws it over the wall to the testers and waits for them to log bugs. The developer knows it is better to find an fix bugs now, since he just might be the one talking to the customer about it later.

But when push comes to shove, You can’t eliminate problems,
but you can make trades to get problems that you prefer over the ones you have now.

That’s not necessarily the way to come up with the perfect solution immediately but it is the way to provide customers with the solution they need as quickly as they can get it.

When looking for contractors, we look for developers. Sometimes we find them, sometimes we don’t. But if you want to work for AKSEL on a semi-regular process, realize that we’re not looking for the quick coded fix - we’re looking for a realization of what is being done, and the best way to do it.

Reference: Eric Sink -
Small ISVs:� You need Developers, not Programmers

I interviewed Craig, Rick and Doug on what the plan is and how the 400+ developers who have signed up can start getting involved with this open Visual FoxPro community project.

As noted in the interview, it’s important to note that SednaX doesn’t have to rely on Dotnet components (although there may be some benefits there) and that each project will have its own timeline. It’s not a “packaged” solution - but more of a organization of several related projects.

We touch on the commercial vs. open aspect of the project as well - so commercial developers (such as Doug and Rick) can know what to expect from such a project.

What also struck me was Craig’s comment about “tricks up their sleeves” from the Fox team themselves - as things like source control are still being worked out, one can only imagine (at least my thought would be) what a great coup this would be if MS allowed the entire project to be driven from the Visual Studio Team system approach. It might give MS more credibility and visibility and it would benefit the Fox community as extra add-ons would be built to help integrate the two environments as Scott and Craig have talked about before.

As Craig has noted, we live in exciting times…

I picked up this tool to help with a corporate planning exercise two years ago and its ease of use completely changed the way I planned for meetings as well as simply wrote down notes.

Instead of using Outlook’s Notes, I use it instead. Now, Microsoft came out with OneNote a while ago which works in a similar fashion but it doesn’t do the linking the way that MindManager does.

Do yourself a favour and check it out.

Andrew MacNeill of AKSEL was one of the primary architects behind the Horizon Fleet Management solution. He is presently working for Melton Technologies on a contractual basis.

Key Benefits

• Flexible Architecture. Horizon uses a services add-on architecture that allows companies to build the best fleet management solution that meets their needs.
• Comprehensive. Horizon includes solutions for Dispatch, Billing, Settlements, Driver Logs, Fuel Tax Reporting, Vehicle Maintenance and many more.
• Powerful. Based on the Visual FoxPro database engine, Horizon delivers power and speed to its users.

Pricing

Pricing for the Horizon Fleet Management solution depends on your configuration. Contact Melton Technologies for more details.

Find out more from http://www.foxfirereporting.com.

Key Benefits

• Data Dictionary Meta-data that provides friendly user-familiar terms and automatic file linking
• Completely customizable. From basic user interface to complete source code, integrating Foxfire! with your application makes it easy to offer complex reports for applications in no time at all.