I second Cüneyt's request. I would love to see PowerPro go open source.
This would be a great gift, and legacy. Thank you, Bruce. Ted Stolen thoughts that match mine: " ... * The software represents years of accumulated experience, which is not represented elsewhere, so discarding the software will also discard this knowledge, however inconveniently it is represented. * The software may actually work well, and its behavior may be well understood. A new replacement system may perform much worse, at least in the early days. Hence it may be worth recovering some of the good features of the legacy system. * A typical large legacy software system has many users, who typically have exploited undocumented features and side effects in the software. It may not be acceptable to demand that users undertake a substantial rewrite for no discernible benefit. Therefore, it may be important to retain the interfaces and exact functionality of the legacy code, both explicit and implicit. * Users may prefer an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary approach to modernising their software ... " The above is from: http://www.sesp.cse.clrc.ac.uk/Publications/Legacy-Software/Legacy-Software/node2.html
