To adapt a software to a new environment, 2 main solutions arise: either rebuild the software for this new environment, or build an adapter (aka interface, wrapper, container) from the 'old' software to this new environment.
Obviously building a 'container' is a generic effort that can't be done by individual software companies; and it's against the interest of the system makers who prefer developers to fully dedicate their assets to a given platform to get them in-jailed and captive. Good news from the free economy: there is an economical interest in building a 'container' by sharing a rather important investment between a large number of companies. This business model has a draw-back: it does require a quite large number of clients/users to get a pay back. Docker has gone free for this very simple reason: get a critical mass of users to be 'recognized' by not only the market but large editors like Microsoft also. FoxInCloud follows the same rationale: adapt VFP applications designed for a given environment (Windows desktop) to another (Web browser). That's why I consider that FoxInCloud, which I used to call an 'adapter' or a 'wrapper', can now be called a 'container' . Thierry Nivelet FoxinCloud Give your VFP app a new life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/ Le 9 nov. 2014 à 18:21, Bill Arnold a écrit : > FoxInCloud falls right in the middle of the 'containers' category ... > > -------------- > > Thierry, could you elaborate? > > > Bill > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
