Rick Schummer wrote: >>> And why on earth would you think that? What's in there of M$? Not >>> > breaking VFP, I mean. > Look at it this way. If they don't break it, you keep developing VFP > applications and they get 0$. If they break it a good percentage of actual > VFPers will go to '.net' and port their applications there, furthermore, > some of your customers will use MS SQL Server as a back end, that's more > than a few dollars. > Hummmm.... tough decision.<< > > > This is an awfully pessimistic and might I say twisted perspective of some > crazy future. >
Hmmm.... "awful" and "pessimistic" are ok. But why qualify with "twisted" and "crazy"? Why do you get all emotional about this? It would suffice to say you disagree and explain why. > Do you seriously think Microsoft cares that a small 100,000 developers still > use their feature complete product? Doubt it. It is only 2% of the overall > developer community. Microsoft does not service niches, they service bulk. > They are focused on the millions using another development platform. We are > off the radar other than hotfixes as needed. They know VFP is used in > serious mission critical apps all over the world and breaking things is not > an option. > So make up your mind, does M$ care or not. You say it does not care because it's only 2% (I would fire a manager that thinks this way, 2% is big enough for a company to care) but on the other hand you say it cares because of "serious mission critical apps". Which is it? > If Microsoft breaks VFP EXEs (which are just Windows EXEs BTW) they would be > breaking business *and* government applications. Not supporting/porting is not breaking. You'll always be able to run your apps in XP. > The chances of this > happening are closer to zero than you are claiming. Microsoft would be sued > royally and be back in hot water with the US DOJ. ROTFLMAO Please, lets talk like brained adults (you know, adults with a brain). > Microsoft is not in the > business of pushing people from the Windows platform at this time. They > probably care more about Windows than everything else, because the rest of > everything else runs on Windows. > They are in the business of pushing people from "previous" windoze platform so that they'll buy the new..ish platform. > Breaking VFP EXEs on a future OS will not entice businesses to move to .NET > or SQL Server, it would wake them up to use something they will trust more. > This has been proven wrong time and again. Otherwise everybody would be running Macs or Linux boxes by now. > They might not even know their app was developed in VFP. All they will know > is Microsoft broke their business and the apps needed to support their > revenue stream. It will stop them from upgrading to a future OS. This hurts > MS revenues. > Bull, they will just buy the latest hipe and bite the bullet. They've done it many times already. > Sure some developers will move to "what is hot" for the sake of their > careers, but the smart business will hire developers they need to move away > from a company they no longer trust and a platform that was intentionally > broken. > You mean to say people will move to linux sooner than later? Good!!! > I doubt your version of the future is going to come true. It does not make > business sense. > All we have to do is wait and see. Don't we? --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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.
