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FoxPro On Linux, Drama Ensues

Posted by timothy on from the till-lotus-won't-run dept.

bltfast32 writes "I don't know how many people have been following this, but this is definitely worth keeping an eye on. Whil Hentzen, prominent FoxPro and Linux advocate, has received some heat lately for publishing a HOWTO in the March 2003 FoxTalk issue for running Visual FoxPro 8.0 on Linux with WINE. Of course, the aforementioned heat, is coming from Redmond. Here is a link to a nice summary of the interactions by Whil." That summary mentions the Register article online here. bltfast32 also points to another article which requires registration.

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  1. Hmm, must be a Fark reader. by Mononoke · · Score: 5, Funny
    FoxPro On Linux, Drama Ensues
    How long until we get a Boobies link?

    ps: Fb- is the father.

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  2. Re:Wait...Here's the EULA by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Funny
    You just viloated the EULA by posting the EULA.

    *rimshot*

  3. dBase and FoxPro on Linux by Pejorian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey anyone know if you can run dBase Plus (the latest visual-OOP-BDE version of the even more ancient and venerable dBase line) on Linux thru Wine?

    I can guarantee that if you can get dBase running, dBase Inc. will shake your hand, not slap your wrist. They've been promising a Linux version for ages, and if they could find the time, they would have released one by now...

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  4. Re:Wait... by gordie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry AC, anyone that knows anything about wine and the wine project Wine HQ knows that "Wine is not am emulator!" per the wine project FAQ

  5. NO!!! NO NO FOXPRO ON LINUX!! by Exantrius · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm dealing with freaking fox pro right now, it blows goats!

    PLEASE DON"T LET IT GO ON LINUX!!! I'LL HAVE TO START DIGGING DITCHES FOR A LIVING!!!

    *head explodes*

    Maybe I should read the article now.

  6. I don't think you get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The idea of April Fools is to do something other than what normally would happen.

  7. FoxPro on Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My first reaction to this article was "Who in their right mind would defile Linux by running FoxPro on it?".

    My second reaction was, "Then agan, who in their right mind would run FoxPro on Windows either?"

  8. Shocking news! by kwiqsilver · · Score: 3, Funny

    From The Register article:

    "It appears that Microsoft is tying the tie its applications (developer tools) to their operating system," Hentzen told us.

    (I assume he means "trying to tie", quite the tongue twister).
    I am just dumbfounded! I can't believe Microsoft might be trying to leverage its market share.

    Next he'll tell us that they're more concerned with sales figures than with producing a quality product.
    It's just unbelievable that somebody could think that way...

    (Is there such as thing as too much sarcasm?)

  9. Re:Good thing MS was convicted... by Phil+Wilkins · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, actually, Fox is a product that someone else got right, which was then bought by MS.

    Even more amusing, is that they bought FoxPro, so they could kill it, and force everyone to use Access.

  10. Re:No surprise by kamend · · Score: 2, Funny

    So there you go, "all MS end users should wear helmets".