Thierry, I think you are onto something, though my perspective is not so much on the interface but rather the business rules. That is where I see the intangibles. Foxers have accumulated a library of business domain knowledge and some are now retiring. All that knowledge is going to be lost. What is needed, in my opinion, is a truly flexible business rules framework. The key to that is having a layer that responds to database field and record triggers without being tied to the underlying storage mechanics. It needs a universal dictionary and that is where the semantic web is heading.
It will be a shame to see this knowledge disperse when it has so much potential. On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Thierry Nivelet <[email protected]> wrote: > To me the value is not so much in VFP, but in the intelligence accumulated > (capitalized) into the software along the years, what finance people call > 'intangible'. That's where the value really is, as we've written this back > in 2010 (http://foxincloud.com/why.php). > > Balmer betting on a 'savior' technology back in the early 2000' just > forgot that 20 years of accumulated value could certainly not be rebuilt in > 5 or even 10 years. > > That's why we created FoxInCloud, to offer a bridge across technologies > that would preserve this accumulated value. > > We're now thinking of machine learning: how FoxInCloud can learn from > seeing the application running on the Web to build a reprogramming canvass > under a REST technology such as Angular: under each user event, what data > is needed and what control needs refresh, which model/view/controller are > needed and which one can be shared across events. > > The idea behind is that the visible part of the application (the GUI) > properly reflects how the business needs to interact with the outside > world's events and the data, and this should be preserved regardless of the > underlying technology. And there must be a way to implement this invisible > part in a different technology. > > Thierry Nivelet > FoxInCloud > Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud > http://foxincloud.com/ > > > Le 06/10/2017 à 04:37, Paul H. Tarver a écrit : > >> I can confirm this situation. I wrote a very complex, custom management >> system with VFP back office which synced to a Java based public web system >> sitting on top of a FirebirdSQL database. >> >> After 15 years with at least 6 different programmers trying to re-write >> my system they are still using all of my programming and in spite of them >> not doing business with me for at least 8 of those years that old workhorse >> built on VFP just keeps humming along. >> >> No idea how much they've spent trying to replace that system but so far >> nothing beats the Fox. >> >> Paul >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Oct 5, 2017, at 2:43 PM, Kevin Cully <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I worked for a company that produced Real Estate software for the >>> commercial side of things. We had a national client that said they were >>> leaving our product to develop a new .NET solution with another company. >>> >>> They returned after 1.5 years and after spending $2.1M. They started >>> asking us for enhancements again. Ouch. >>> >>> I'm figure throwing away a working system *may* work, but most likely >>> it's an expensive lesson to someone. >>> >>> >>> On 10/05/2017 01:25 PM, Bill Anderson wrote: >>>> Kevin, >>>> >>>> At our user group we were told by a Microsoft representative (well >>>> known to >>>> the Fox community) that Dell was throwing away all their internal >>>> applications **sight unseen** to rewrite them in the beta version of >>>> .NET >>>> 1.0. >>>> >>>> I wonder how that turned out? >>>> >>>> Bill Anderson >>>> >>>> For 20 years now, Microsoft has been telling me that I've been >>>>>> developing >>>>>> >>>>> with an inferior tool and that .NET is better. Is it ready now?<< >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 6:45 AM, Kevin Cully < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> For 20 years now, Microsoft has been telling me that I've been >>>>> developing >>>>> with an inferior tool and that .NET is better. Is it ready now? >>>>> >>>>> I think I'll stick with Foxpro and now Xojo for developing business >>>>> solutions. >>>>> >>>>> I don't hate .NET. I'm just going to continue to ignore it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 10/04/2017 11:01 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the 2017 .NET Conference Keynote >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecu4g5JYB8 >>>>>> >>>>>> It has morphed from the .NET you all hated so much 15 years ago. They >>>>>> show >>>>>> working in Chrome and not Bing. >>>>>> >>>>>> the beginning goes over NuGet if you are unfamiliar with posting >>>>>> packages >>>>>> to it. >>>>>> >>>>>> [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/CAKT3oPcq33F1WAOp1qUtLS2+dTdCjY86vGXkH=tbd1wclc-...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
