On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:50:06 -0400, "Ed Leafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > The catch, of course, is that they make it easy to develop SQL > Server apps in VB or C#. So you get a Visual Studio sale, and all its > licensing, along with the SQL Server licenses. VFP works just as > easily with non-Microsoft databases, so that's a double whammy: loss > of both VS and MSS license sales.
There's always the alternative of using open source SharpDevelop (http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/) instead of VS, for WinForms apps at any rate. You could use SQL Server Express for the database for <10 users. But you're right - VS2005 is heavily SQL Server-centric when it comes to easy data layer stuff - you can certainly use other database backends but you'll be doing a lot more hand-rolling of data layer. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
