Ok, so... I am now maintaining the VFP pages on the Wine appdb, a databas=
e of=20
HOWTO's and information on the current compatability of certain windows=20
software running on Wine.
You can see the VFP page on the appdb at this link:
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=3D296
The first change I made was to pull VFP out from Productivity/Databases a=
nd=20
put it where it belongs in Development Tools. I also added entries for a=
ll=20
versions and put up a small amount of info. on how to get started with VF=
P on=20
Wine.
Anyway... on to the purpose of this message. The front page of the appdb=
:
http://appdb.winehq.org
shows that dreamweaver is the top voted application. Now, voting for an =
app=20
basically means that you want to see it working on Wine. Here is some in=
fo=20
on voting:
http://appdb.winehq.org/help/?topic=3Dvoting
Dreamweaver has 33 votes, Access has 3 votes, and Visual FoxPro has 1 vot=
e. =20
There is a list of the top 25 apps at:
http://appdb.winehq.org/votestats.php
If just three more people would hop through the rings to vote for Visual=20
FoxPro, we would appear on that list. Perhaps over time we can even beat=
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Dreamweaver!=20
Now, I'm not sure how much weight being on this list gives, but at least =
it is=20
another place to put VFP in lights. =20
Any takers? Oh, feedback on the layout of the VFP appdb pages is always=20
welcomed... I'll be working on that and trying to keep it updated as bug=
s=20
are found and fixed.
Oh and also... I'll engage in some self-promotion now <g>: for an=20
introductory tutorial on how to get Wine set up and running VFP (Chet, yo=
u=20
probably would have benefitted from this...), check out my March Foxtalk=20
article which you can access for free at:
http://www.foxtalknewsletter.com/
This is part one of at least a two-article series on running VFP on Linux=
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using Wine.
I think VFP has a powerful place on the Linux desktop, as it fills a void=
: no=20
other RAD IDE for Linux apps has the powerful VFP native cursor engine. =20
Linux is lacking in business apps and the Linux desktop is a growth marke=
t. =20
There are real opportunities for us to fill some of those voids and to ge=
t=20
VFP noticed again!
2003: The year of Linux and Visual FoxPro!
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Paul McNett
Independent Software Consultant
©2003 Paul McNett |
