Thanks a lot Dave, We are about to launch a new project, which involves saying good bye to FoxPro tables and using MS SQL server 2005. We are not worried about 3rd party software at all. The only concern for me and other folks in my team is how stable VS2K8 is. Are we going to be in a situation where we are stuck in the middle of development until a Service Pack arrives from MS?
Thanks again. gureumi, On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gureumi, > Don't automatically assume that the software that compiles and runs OK on > VS2K5 will run unmodified on 2K8. There are quite a few changes which are > not immediately obvious. Other than that, the performance is about the > same > and support for SQL Server is vastly improved over the 2K5 software. > > As of Linq, as of yet I haven't had any reason to use it apart from > running > the demonstration programs so I can't really comment. > > Another point worth mentioning is that most 3rd party software on 2K5 is > NOT > transferable to 2K8 without paying additional costs. That caught us out a > little as we immediately assumed there would be an upgrade offered by most > component suppliers, but it seems that the general consensus amongst > suppliers is that the 2K8 software is a completely new buy, so beware and > check first. > > Oh, yes the support for PDA devices is also much better and the main/only > reason I use 2K8. > > Dave Crozier > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of gureumi > Sent: 15 April 2008 15:08 > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [NF] Linq to querry CSV data > > Is everybody happy about Visual Studio 2008? > > I am trying to convince the rest of my team members to move to '08, but > they > want to wait a bit more and stick to '05. > Anybody who want to give me some tips on this? > > Thank a lot. > > gureumi > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:54 AM, David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:40 AM Gil Hale wrote: > > > > >WTF? All that craziness to do what I do in VFP so easily? Has the > > "Real World" outside of VFP gotten that overly complex? Or am I. > > >just missing something really important here? Hell, I'll just crawl > > into my little VFP hole and get on with my life... > > > > I went to Code Camp in Maryland last Saturday and a guy (really looked > > like a 16 yo kid) gave a presentation about C# 3.0. He said that the > > changes are more short cuts and apply to LINQ. He also said that it > > still uses the 2.0 engine so not much has changed internally. One of > > 'features' is Anonymous types (sound familiar?) They have LINQ to SQL > > and I wonder when someone will come up with a LINQ to VFP? > > > > David L. Crooks > > > > > > [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.
