> Hi Mike,
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> >
> > ... (VFP might even be a trademark of Microsoft as far as I know)...
> VFP has many meanings, Veterans for Peace is one, Volunteers for Peace is another, VFP is also a company in Roanoke Virginia, or what about VFP communications, a company in the US. and there is also VFP Fuelling and Filtration, yet another company using the "VFP" abbreviation. As far as I can tell "VFP", as an abbreviation, is not the property of MS. I use to tell that VFP, in the context of VFP.Net means Very Fast Production.
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> You are right though that we maybe should use another name, especially in the context of trust in the product.
> Thanks to MS marketing (or the lack thereof) for our beloved VFP.
> A new name will come out in the future, my take is Zest (Zorro en Esteroides, Fox on steroids), but the future will learn what it will be.
>
> I see VFP developer studio and VFP compiler for .net but that is it. That is why I am confused as to why you would want the category called VFP.net when it isn't directly tied to http://www.etecnologia.net, and in the process you are suggesting that the category should only include questions about http://www.etecnologia.net's product but not the two others.
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> OK, sorry for the fuzzy logic. With all the rumors going on about eTecnologia I assumed that this would be clear by now. When I talk about VFP.Net I do mean the NetCompiler in SharpDevelop.
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> Good thinking though. I will ask Eric to change the category name to eTecnologia technology, Covering both products.
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> FYI, the compiler did run first directly in the VFP environment.
> eTecnologia moved the NetCompiler environment from the VFP IDE to the SharpDevelop IDE.
> SharpDevelop is an open source framework with appearantly an easy way to include other languages.
> C# and VB are part of it, but so are Python, BOO and ILAsm.
> The SD IDE is pretty similar to the VS IDE, so familiar in use.
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> Also, the name VFP.Net kind of grew.
> It is the use of the VFP language in the context of .Net, using the Net framework and compiling apps to the CLR.
> Talking about "the NetCompiler for VFP" is quite lengthy so it is abbreviated to "VFP.Net" maybe not entirely correct. My assumption was that, by now, people would know what this meant, I stand corrected, reading your reply.
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> Boudewijn Lutge®ink
> The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits

Now it makes sense. Thanks.
Perhaps VFPNET might be suitable. Taking out the dot.

Mike Gagnon
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