Mary Jo Foley comments on Windows Vista and Longhorn ("Forget Vista. Long live Longhorn client!"), adding some comments on SednaX/VFPX project at the bottom:
The “SednaX”/VFPX project in the Visual FoxPro world is one prominent example. “Sedna” is the code name for a set of technologies due out from Microsoft in 2007 that will make Visual FoxPro 9.0 interoperable with application components created by using Visual Studio 2005, the .NET Framework 2.0, Office 2007 and SQL Server 2005.
Visual FoxPro X (VFPX), formerly known as SednaX, is a set of open-source add-ons for Visual FoxPro under development by the VFP community. VFPX is not a Microsoft-backed project, but seems to have Microsoft’s blessing (at least an unofficial one, as it is hosted on the GotDotNet Code Gallery site.
The VFPX initiative, born in October 2005, is more than 800 members strong. Members are working on a variety of components that will complement VFP 9.0. The components are set to be released under the terms of the Microsoft Shared Source license.
The are some innacuracies: "As every longhorn fan knows microsoft cancelled the longhorn project and started the new os ‘Windows Vista,’ said RayM". This is not exactly so, as Longhorn was the working codename for the project, which client part was later renamed to the marketing name of Windows Vista.
Besides this small issue, it is always refreshing to see VFP commented on the mainstream media as it justly deserves.
Tag: Visual FoxPro
It is great to see VFP being mentioned in the mainstream media. However a few paragraphs before Mary Jo mentioned SednaX/VFPX in her article, she wrote:
ReplyDelete"Over the years, a number of developers have suggested that Microsoft make available some of its older products, ranging from MS-DOS, to Windows NT, as open source. If Microsoft has no plans to continue to evolve and support certain products, they argue, why not allow interested community members to do so?"
That kind of giving an impression that Microsoft has no plans to continue to evolve and support VFP...