That doesn't hold. I produce product road maps for the next 5 or 10 years by default and are revised every so many milestones so someone looking to depreciate a core development over 10 years with a business window for the product of maybe double that would be a little wound up by their development tool going off list half way through.
Companies decision makers can understand that a product will be replaced by another (VS2003/VS2005/VS2007 etc etc) and some even understand the open source (e.g. python approach) but you can't tell them to just 'trust me it will be OK'. If for no other reason my insurance wouldn't cover it! Of Products that are already out there some need replacing by other systems, some recoding into c#/python etc., some need to die a quiet death. But most organisations will defer this decision until the last minute if they can but you (we) can't afford to do that as the day it dies is the day you need to have a solution to hand. vfp failed to be fully working for Vista with the resources available and they will be diminished greatly over the years to come. Are you confident enough that Vista SP1 or SP2 wont introduce something that kills your app? Telling your customer that it will be a few weeks before they can open that form is just not going to work. It is 2007 now, how long ago does the millennium seem? Now how long is 2015 away? -- Regards Michael. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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 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.
