You've seen the Bourne series of movies, right? They're based on Paul and Ed's lives... :-)
Tristan Leask wrote: > Well it's a Friday morning and the guys in the office are chatting about > life after VFP. I was wondering what languages people are considering > to EXPAND to as part of their dev work? > > So far I have seen the following crop up... > > 1) VFP 9 & Sedna > People seem as though they are going to push it past the MS support > date. However there is no guarantee that VFP will continue to work on > OS's after MS start patching things and release new OS's. > > 2) MS .NET > Keep on the MS ship? Yes I know there are projects that may allow you > to run these programmes on Linux but do they work? And is there another > EULA waiting to happen? > > 3) Dabo (Python) > Ok, probably the best thing here maybe? Couple of fears though. The > first being that really if you are going to do this you must know how to > program in python (no brainer really) and understand how that works. > What happens if Paul and Ed mysteriously get run over by Steve Balmer? > Will the project continue or will it die? > > 4) REALBasic > Ok, I don't know much about this, but it seems to keep popping up over > and over again on these boards. Is this another VFP waiting to happen? > Are they likely to get brought up by the big boys, consumed and then not > supported in order to move people across to their .Nets? > > > What other serious contenders are people looking at to move to as their > main language of choice? > > > Cheers for now... > > > Tristan Leask > > Software Developer > Marine Software Ltd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.marinesoftware.co.uk > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless otherwise agreed expressly in > writing by Marine Software Limited, > this communication and attachments are to be treated as confidential > and the information in it may not be used or disclosed except for the > purpose for which it was sent. > If you are not the intended recipient of this communication you should > destroy it without copying, disclosing or otherwise using its contents. > Please notify the sender immediately of the error. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Marine Software Limited. Registered in England & Wales. No 2576494 > Regsitered Office. Unit3, Aylesham Business Pk, Aylesham. Kent. UK > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
