We've talked about this before when defending using VFP vs. something else. Most of us either develop for our own company, develop for small business, or develop a specialized application for a large business. I don't think too many of us are developing enterprise level applications (just a WAG). They hire me because I can get the job done. I have never been asked what language I am using.
Having said that, I am not confused at all by all of the choice out there. I rely on the experience of Whil, Ed, Ted, Kevin, Paul and all of the others that have made recommendations and then I look for the license that suits me. I think any savvy customer would do the same thing - rely on experts and research. Ed's point is spot on about the anti virus stuff. I think that is one reason why Office is unusable on my machine; Windows firewall, AVG, Zone Alarm Pro Internet Suite, Norton Virus Builder Suite & System Freezer and a few others I've installed for evaluation. I was there when Whil handed out the Red Hat disk and wondered where it would all take us and Ed has been a Mac guy for a long time and started with Python a few years ago. They have opened up the eyes of this community to opportunities beyond Microsoft and VFP. Now many of us are still developing in VFP on Windows, but learning to use new development tools on Windows and other platforms. Due to the efforts of these "stayers" leading the way, and all of the other profoxers; just think of the collective knowledge and experience of this small group. How many posts have we seen that start out, "I know this is not related to FoxPro but I know there is someone here that has the answer." Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] SanDC, Inc. 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 Ed Leafe wrote: > On Sep 18, 2007, at 5:35 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: > >> make about the confusion in the marketplace. Businesses do not have >> time and resources to evaluate >> 12 different distros, they don't have time to try out three >> different versions of the same stupid >> Office software. They have businesses to run. This leads to delayed >> purchases and implementations, >> lost productivity and profitability. > > I remember an old saying back when I was in the construction > business: if you you don't have the time to do it right, where are > you going to find the time to fix it? > > You don't need to try 12 distros; you only need to know that RedHat > or Ubuntu or whatever will do the job. Obviously they are comfortable > with ignoring *all* the distros and using Windows without knowing > that it indeed is the best option. > > Once they settle on Windows, how do they decide which among the many > anti-virus tools to use? Does having choice there lead to delayed > purchases and implementations? > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [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 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.
