Ed Leafe <> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:03 PM, Stephen the Cook wrote:
>
>> So why not take all the merit to an environment that has a new
>> version in development today?
>
> What does a "new version" buy you? What are you missing, besides
> that "new version smell"?
>
>> Ed, if someone wanted you to take your existing app from VFP into
>> python, would you still cry foul for VFP?
>
> It's not a matter of crying foul for VFP; it's a question of
> pointless migration. If the VFP app did everything they need, but
> they decided to invest the money to upgrade it to Dabo so that it
> would do exactly the same thing that the VFP version could do, then
> yes, I would call that very, very stupid. If there was a legitimate
> business need, such as the ability to work cross-platform natively,
> then no, it would make sense.
>
> I'm asking you what is the business need that requires the
> migration. "Running on the newest version" doesn't mean jack.
I'll repeat the obvious, again. It's my friends business and not mine. I
haven't gotten into the nitty gritty about why because it's not my client,
it's his. If he want's to go into more details so be it.
So I don't know if it's a Fox is dead, or if it's a have you hired enough
programmers to fulfill our requirements?
I still know that Clark wouldn't do it if it weren't worth it. Either in
functionality or client demand, but it's his decision. I know that he
stopped working in conjunction with Auto Zone a few years ago for his own
reasons. It was to release his POS piece to any repair shop they wanted to
give it to. He would get the licensing fees, and those were probably pretty
good per site, payable by Auto Zone. That has to be a big piece of
business.
So if he walked away from that, and this is an external push it must be
worth while to him. I guess that is all that matters, that the owner of the
software company feels it's acceptable.
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.
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