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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: In defense of Clipper 5.0
Keywords: Clipper
Message-ID: <1991May19.111614.4604@pegasus.com>
Date: 19 May 91 11:16:14 GMT
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In article <1991May17.170054.18080@dbase.A-T.COM> tomr@dbase.UUCP (Tom Rombouts) writes:

< a wonderful message which I won't repeat>

Thanks Tom... I think you've said it as eloquently as it can be said and I
hope I never hesitate to tell somebody that Clipper 5.0 is not a piece of
cake.

Writing business applications is not a casual undertaking and anyone making
the effort should understand the principals of good software design and
should obviously choose the appropriate tools.

Without a doubt the first incantation of Clipper 5.0 was very faulty and
I have sympathy for those who were frustrated by problems which were not of
their own devising.  On the other hand, if somebody released an application
to the public using that version I have to think that their own testing
phase was severly flawed as the errors were painfully obvious.

Hopefully your message has put an end to the nonsense and those that like
Clipper can continue to produce the applications and those that do not can
call the nearest discount software place and order anything else they wish
and become productive in that.

Freedom of choice... a great concept.

tom