Carl,
> Point # 3: as the universe of available VFP talent pool > shrinks, businesses that are running FPD/FPW/VFP applications > still need coverage, so what happens? > > (a) work gets harder to find, but ... > (b) the price goes up > > > Back in the early 80's I worked in a hospital that was envied > for their "management information systems". Anyway, we paid this > contract group a fortune. The original work was done in Mass in "MUMPS" - > these guys had a variant called "MEESE". Every 2 years we > negotiated their contract and were faced with the argument - > do you know what it costs to find a good "MEESE" programmer? > > I get data from a major firm where "-1230" comes down as > "123}". It is compact the last character represents not only > a digit but the sign - gotta wonder what COBOL programmers > make in NYC. > > I am sticking with VFP for a while - my clients do not care > about the language - just results. Yup. I have a friend who has been making a very good living with Smalltalk, another technically great language with only a niche following. The small business people I'm talking to are interested in things such as whether the program will run on their equipment, the specific features it offers, how many others are using the program, etc. They don't know VFP from C# or assembler for the matter. This issue may be important to VC's, but they're more interested in gambling/speculating then meat and potatoes. Bill > Carl _______________________________________________ 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.
