On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 11:21, George Gambill wrote:
> Carl,
> 
> Just talked to the powers that be at CGC.  They gave permission to add CGC
> to your list.
> 
> Computer Guidance, Inc.
> Using Red Hat (7.2) as a File Server to a mostly MS shop.  This was set up
> (by one of our IT folks) as an experiment (evaluation) some months and
> continues to be very successful.  Next week will add a second Red Hat (9.0)
> file server.
> 
> Several of our engineers use Linux (various distros) on their desktop
> machine as a matter of personal preference.
> 
> I am using Red Hat (8.0) as both a file server (for my XP and 2K machines)
> and as a desktop, allowing me to stretch my comfort zone to Linux.  I am
> also (time permitting) moving some FoxPro (6.0) applications to Linux using
> Wine.  We use FoxPro  7.0 for out MS development but because of the
> licensing issues with FoxPro 7.0 (and 8.0) on non MS operating system, our
> FoxPro/Linux effort is restricted to FoxPro 6.0.
> 
> Also, I am playing with (evaluating) LTSP.  A cursory look at the FoxPro 7.0
> and 8.0 licensing restrictions gives rise to the Idea of running a FoxPro
> 7.0 (or 8.0) runtime on an LTSP server (no local processing on the clients),
> serving 100+ clients will require only one FoxPro license for the LTSP box.
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just a casual observation...

It seems hypocritical to develop and use any version of FoxPro - knowing
the licensing intentions now and for the future. I smiled when you asked
earlier about FrontPage - anyone who has attempted to resurrect sites
developed using FP know that it creates obscure, biased code.

If there is one thing that I understand, it's the desire to always run
the latest and greatest version of whichever tool - despite what you
have already learned about the company making it - their marketing
tactics, lock up tactics etc.

I stretched my comfort zone on Linux dramatically by refusing to always
use the Windows crutch and learning new programs (Linux based) and using
Linux 99% of the time (desktop publishing...)

I have made no attempt to study the license on any version of FoxPro -
probably since 2.1 or 3.0. I refuse to believe that there is any
conceivable way that you could use any version within the terms of the
EULA on more than one machine with only a single user license.

More specifically, the EULA itself...try reading through any Microsoft
product EULA and then GPL license and compare the two. Once you have
figured out that software is available which doesn't restrict where you
install it, how you install it, give you the source code so you can fix
things, and allow you virtually unfettered rights of 're-distribution',
I fail to see using a Microsoft solution - even within wine as
acceptable.

Craig