Day: March 14, 2007
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End of an era
Microsoft says [Today] Visual FoxPro 9.0 will be its last version of the development software, though support for the product will extend through 2015.eWeek At one time, the xBase languages, dBase, Clipper, and FoxPro ruled the earth, and now they’ll fade away. They were once great client server tools, but the web changed everthing, and…
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Freedom
They came, they saw, they did a little shopping.Graffiti on the Berlin Wall, following the lifting of travel restrictions on East Berliners
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You know you’re from Minnesota when…
You use a down comforter in the summer.Your grandparents drive 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a blizzard, without flinching.You see people wearing hunting clothes to social events.You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both doors unlocked.You think of the major food groups as venison, walleye, and Leinenkugels.You think…