At 09:27 AM 1/5/2009 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Charlie Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > >>On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:27:01 -0500, "Charlie Coleman" <[email protected]> > >>said: > >> > > >> > folks to keep upgrading to the latest version of VS, latest version > of SQL, > >> > etc. The "business" computer industry is truly an insane world. > >> >--------------------------------------
... >Just curious, are you moving forward in VFP version or have you frozen >that at 6,7,8 along the way? I've got systems based on all those (6, 7, and 8) in production right now. They're working great and maintenance effort on them is incredibly low. Again, the fact that I purposely avoided doing things the MS recommended way has allowed the VFP 6/7 systems to be insulated from the multitude of crap that MS has broken and pushed out over the years. Heh, I recall a SQL Server DBA calling me a lucky ba.tard as he was wrestling with a couple versions of SQL Server at one time, and trying to migrate things from different Win OS versions. I showed him what I had to do with the VFP databases (aka copy files...) for my "migration" work. LOL. One client is considering upgrading/'porting the version 6 and 7 (and maybe 8) to 9, but that isn't driven by technical reasons. Not being "supported" by MS for a decade has made some PHBs nervous. But most of them realize that "support from MS" doesn't really mean much. They rarely get good support from MS on an actual technical problem. A lot more folks in the IT shop at that client are starting to recognize they don't get much from MS either. So the pressure to stay current with MS isn't as great as it used to be. Anyway, if you build a system on the basic computing principles - and with software code you can actually get your hands on - that does things you can directly verify/control - you end up with a fairly MS-bullet-proof result (good lord, every thing leads to open source doesn't it....). -Charlie _______________________________________________ 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.
