Is filePro Active?

Mon Nov 3 21:11:11 UTC 2025

I am still but I am retired

Guy Templin

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From: Filepro-list <filepro-list-bounces+guy=templinfamily.org at mailman.celestial.com> on behalf of Robert Repko via Filepro-list <filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com>
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Subject: RE: Is filePro Active?

I'm still on the list

Bob Repko

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From: Filepro-list <filepro-list-bounces+rtr=rsquared.com at mailman.celestial.com> On Behalf Of Laura Brody via Filepro-list
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 3:11 PM
To: Dennis Malen <dmalen at malen.com>
Cc: Laura Brody <laura.k.brody at gmail.com>; filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com
Subject: Re: Is filePro Active?

I'm not dead yet. I can’t speak of anyone else.

Laura Brody

On Mon, Nov 3, 2025, 1:27 PM Dennis Malen via Filepro-list < filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:

> In any event, I hope you don't shut it down.
>
> Dennis Malen
>
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> To: filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com; Rick Mitchell <
> r.mitchell at bbswork.net>
> Subject: Re: Is filePro Active?
>
> Lol, I did not get the OP ...
>
> The list activity has been dropping over the years, there were a few
> "retirements" announced and if three companies sold/closed (or no
> longer using fp), that could very well be 3x factor in turns of number
> of participants.
>
> Let us be honest, if you go back 10 years, you still won't see a vast
> volume of postings from a spread-out user base, it is always the same
> 4 to
> 5 posters.
>
> From memory, most frequent posters were:
>
>   *
> John Essak
>   *
> Larry White and a 2nd White I cannot recall his first name - 'from Aljex?'
> ( both of them, mostly responding)
>   *
> Team from Anzio "Tom?" (mostly responding)
>   *
> Mark (mostly responding or letting you know where and how you were
> clueless and why your question deserved no mind nor an answer ... hahaha )
>   *
> Joel Chasan (spelling) from NY
>   *
> From Texas I forget his name but I think he retired last year ...
>   *
> Myself but I have not regularly posted questions in years, I have a
> couple of fp customers but it is mostly maintenance; the bulk of my
> work is PHP, .NET MAUI, DART/Flutter, Azure, AWS, PowerApps and now
> Python/Gen-AI as an effort to keep up with the times.
>
> I am sure I am leaving two or three names out, but an entire list will
> not reach a dozen, not that I can think of.
>
> I have not even seen the fpTech newsletter or any info coming via the
> list from fpTech.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 12:26 PM
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> Subject: Fwd: Is filePro Active?
>
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Rick Mitchell <r.mitchell at bbswork.net>
> Date: November 3, 2025 at 11:22:09 CST
> To: Greg Widdows <lwiddows at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: Is filePro Active?
>
> I see some traffic in September.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 3, 2025, at 11:14, Greg Widdows via Filepro-list <
> filepro-list at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Anything going on with the filePro list.
>
> The last time I remember there being activity was 2023. Is it still
> working?
>
> Greg
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