Ed Leafe <> wrote: > On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Stephen the Cook wrote: > >> When it's not my business nor client I really can't answer all the >> questions. In all honesty, it was a matter of time till you run into >> the obstacle. This app is to key to a company that an IT director >> could draw the line that it has to be in a contemporary environment. >> Same would have been said if it were in VB6 I guess. > > That's the point that everyone here is trying to make: why is an app > that's working perfectly well in a "contemporary" tool not > acceptable? If it's simply buzzword compliance, say so, but if it's > simply a matter of PHBs who prefer whatever's trendy regardless of > technical merit...
So why not take all the merit to an environment that has a new version in development today? Ed, if someone wanted you to take your existing app from VFP into python, would you still cry foul for VFP? Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 10/14/2006 _______________________________________________ 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.
