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The LA Fox Developer
A Newsletter for
FoxPro
Application Developers in Southern California Visit our WebSite at:
http:/Mww.!afox. org
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April 2000
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To Our Customers, Partners and Shareholders,
For 25 years, Microsoft has worked to bring the benefits of the personal computer to hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses around the world. Our efforts to develop innovative new versions of the Windows operating system and other new technologies are contributing to the growth of the Internet, the high-technology industry and the American economy.
On Monday, a U.S. District Court announced its conclusions of law in the government’s antitrust case against Microsoft. We respectfully disagree with the Court’s court’s ruling, and ultimately believe the American justice system will affirm
—
as
it
has in the past
—
that Microsoft’s actions have been both lawful and good for consumers.
As we look ahead to the appeals process, innovation will continue to be the No. 1 priority at Microsoft. We will continue to hire great people, listen to our customers, invest
in
research and development and create the next generation of great software products.
We recognize that industry leadership brings both opportunities and responsibilities. That’s why Microsoft did everything it possibly could over the past four months to try and resolve this case without the need for further litigation. We have always believed that a settlementwould be is in the best interests of consumers, our shareholders, our employees and the American economy. Although we believe we have a strong case on appeal, we will continue to look for new opportunities to resolve it without further litigation.
The government’s case is based on a premise that we should not have been allowed to develop new versions of
VVindows
that included built-in support for the Internet. Our appeal will stress a 1998 U.S. Court of Appeals decision that affirmed Microsoft’s right to build Internet capabilities into Windows to benefit consumers.
(Con’t, page 9)
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At LA Fox
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Architecture—tips, tricks, and tirades.
Elsewhere
May 14-18, 2000, VFP DevCon 2000, New Orleans Sheraton, New Orleans, LA. This new event is going to have strong support from Microsoft and will be on the same scale! level as Advisor’s DevCon in Miami. But it is offering several
innovative concepts. Content and direction has been determined by an advisory board made up primarily of speakers. People attending this conference will be allowed to “crosspollinate” with the SQL conference, running concurrently at the same hotel, free of charge. This means that while an attendee may be registered for the VFP conference, he or she will be able to attend any of the SQL conference sessions absolutely free. Featured speakers at the keynote address will include Robert Green, Product Manager from the Developer Division of Microsoft, and Ricardo Wenger, Visual FoxPro Group Manager from Microsoft. For more info, visit the website at
http:ll
www.vfpdevcon.com
September 24-28, 2000, Advisor Visual FoxPro DevCon, Fountainebleau Resort Hotel and Towers, Miami, FL. Speakers are yet to be announced and no other details are forthcoming as of press time. For more info, visit the website at
http://www.advisor.com/cm f0009p.nsf. fAny material relating to this conference. ..speakers, sessions, etc.... still haven’t been announced or released. I wonder how long we have to wait.]
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The April meeting of LA Fox will be held on April 17, 1999, at 7:30 PM at our
new meeting
place (NCR, 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, CA). For details on how to get there, see the map on the back page.
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