fP modernization

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Anthony Terrible wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
> To: "Fplist (E-mail)" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:18 PM
> Subject: RE: fP modernization
> 
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
>>> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Anthony
>>> Terrible
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:54 PM
>>> To: File Pro List
>>> Subject: Re: fP modernization
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> I thought long and hard before I decided to answer your obscene response 
> to my post. I mean really I don't think what came from your mouth even 
> deserves a response because frankly you showed your ignorance and fears. 
> And don't give yourself any credit for offending me because you can't. 
> My response is only to show that your answer to my post, and most people 
> of this list defending File Pro on this list, is based totally in fear. 
> Fear that if File Pro goes away you won't have a job any more. Actually 
> I fell sorry for you.
> 
> 1) I did NOT bash File Pro in my post. Mark made very good points to the 
> question that was asked and as I stated, I agree. I just disagreed with 
> his take on information about the future of File Pro from FP Tech. To 
> me, that was very clear in the post from the CEO that he is NOT going to 
> put any effort, time or money into File Pro because there is no future 
> in it. That to me is a very good business decision. He will support it 
> for now because it does generate an income but he is not going out of 
> his way. People responded to the list when that was posted and had the 
> same take so I know I'm not alone but even if I am I really don't care. 
> I know your anal retentive and you have that post so I suggest you go 
> back and read it and this time with an open mind if you can do that.
> 
> 2) Your right you don't know anything about me. So let me tell you. As I 
> stated many many times in my posts, I think you guys are better 
> programmers than I and certainly know more about Operating Systems than 
> I. My expertise is in the automotive field. 40 years worth. I taught 
> myself computer programming but not until the 90's. And guess what, it 
> was File Pro. The reason I'm on this list is because the company I work 
> for still uses this antiquated piece of software. For the last 6 months 
> or so I have been involved in a project that has showed me that modern 
> development tools and databases are light years ahead of File Pro and in 
> our changing industry I believe we need that technology. And I have 
> taught myself that.
> 
> 3) You know what I really find funny about you guys. Is your afraid. You 
> are scared to death that File Pro will go away and you will loose your 
> job. You are so blinded by your fear that you can't see your real worth. 
> That is the knowledge of what needs to be done, how it needs to be done, 
> and the business your in. That just because you had to hire programmers 
> that write in C++ or some thing doesn't mean your job would go away. You 
> would be the one everyone relied on to tell them what needed to be done 
> and how. Your looking at the glass being half empty and I'm looking at 
> as being half full. John, I surmise that your employer has the utmost 
> faith in you and your abilities and that you are doing him and his, your 
> company a great disservice by keeping them on File Pro. 1, they can't do 
> what you could do with modern programming tools, 2, what are they going 
> to do when you retire? You think it's going to cost money now to change, 
> wait until your not around. Good luck trying to find someone who can 
> program in a langue that was written before they were born. It's a good 
> thing I'm not your boss cause I'd fire your dumb ass right now for not 
> thinking toward the future. Your only thinking about yourself because of 
> your fears. That's both sad and pathetic.
> 
> 4) And for all of you, you guys seem to think that you can't do custom 
> programming in any thing other than File Pro. Are you all stupid? I just 
> read a post today talking about oh, one of my customers convinced his 
> partners to stay with File Pro because we could get things changed 
> quickly, blah blah blah, that with on off the shelf system, (I assume 
> that to mean Oracle or Microsoft) and would take weeks months. Yeah, 
> your right. But what about you? If you did anything other than File Pro 
> you would still be able to service them and the time to effect changes 
> would be the same or less.
> 
> 5) And John you are right about one thing. I want to go away. But I 
> can't because the company I work for still has people like you that are 
> afraid of change. You guys are pathetic. You all have you gigahertz 
> computers, cell phones, palm computers, GPS's and yet you think File Pro 
> is the cats ass. I have watched all my life people like you, we don't 
> need to go into space, we don't need computers on cars, we don't need 
> fuel injection, etc. I am so glad that even though I'm old I haven't 
> stopped learning or moving ahead with progress. Unlike you. I believe 
> you were once on the cutting edge of technology, making computers from 
> old transistor radios and such, now your just an old codger. So go ahead 
> now stick your head in the sand, block my posts, bad mouth me in your 
> chat room I don't really care. Because you see, I don't want to be like 
> you or the others stuck in a rut in the past. I'm going to move forward 
> and enjoy all that life and technology has to offer. So stay with File 
> Pro you guys, have a nice lonely life. Oh and let me know when FP Tech 
> finally pulls the plug, that's a conversation with your superiors I 
> really want to hear. I bet you'll look really brilliant.
> 

Gee,  Mr. Terrible,

I did not have to think long and hard before I wrote this.

Please tell us more about your sad employer and your pathetic 
co-workers.
Tell us more about how much more intelligent and forward looking you are
compared with them, but please, first, take a refresher course in 
English
grammar.

Tell us more about how you work for the anal retentive auto industry 
which,
according to you has just begun to notice change after more than 100 
years.
Tell us how it is stupid because it was created before you were born.

Reading your ranting is comparable to reading the belligerent 
liberal letters to
the editor in the local morning newspaper.  I get my daily laughs 
reading them.

Being the expert codger you are with 40 years of experience with 
stupid people
in the automobile business, please keep us stupid folks updated.

Keep the big  "I"  on your forehead, it is great entertainment.

Regards,
Your Boss