On Apr 18, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Ted Roche wrote: >> >> He keeps getting >> gigs, so it looks pretty good to me. > > But he's a data ho. "Will code for food." Works for some,...
Exactly my point. >> Bill has decided to keep his horse >> hitched to the good ole' VFP. Good for him! Bad for his >> customers, if >> he has any left. > > Not so! The other, other, other half of the business is maintaining a > big complex, rich client app in VFP 7. I don't advocate doing anything else. Most of my applications that are still in use "out there" are VFP6. Unfortunately for me, I built them so "rock solid" and with such flexibility <g> that there isn't much need for enhancements. I have a dear friend who built a killer vertical application. It was and is so good that it didn't make any sense to my friend to move it from Fox2.x to "V." Eventually competition dictated that he had to to it, so he hunkered down, hired a couple of folks and rebuilt it in VFP (7?). However, it was by then an entirely defensive move, to keep as many of his customers as possible from jumping ship. He knew that he had waited too long, though. Maintaining the old app while building a new one was difficult and expensive. He could already see the writing on the wall that he would have to move to newer technologies to grow the business again. His solution? He sold the business and retired. Now, don't get me wrong -- he made one hell of a living from this product, and retired comfortably. Many of his old customers are still using the DOS version. the marketplace is tolerant, indeed, but eventually it catches up to technology. Bill, I apologize for using the "if he has any [customers] left" line and related rants. It was a cheap shot, and I'm sorry. I also understand. Hell, for a long time, as you know, I was among the chief deniers. Officially. It took me "way" longer to face the issue head- on than most of the much smarter folks in here. Like most of us here, though, I concluded long ago that the long-term health of my businesses depends on moving past the Fox. I'm not ready to retire just yet. Ken _______________________________________________ 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.
