On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Gilbert M. Hale <[email protected]> wrote: > I had also planned to move to Dabo using a back end mix of VFP and > PostgreSQL. But soon after my focus shifted from providing End User > applications to providing processing services. A number of my clients still > use (and pay monthly fees for) my VFP7 and VFP9 based apps, and nothing > seems to be out there that will displace me - largely due to my very low > cost and high measurable results my clients see. But rather than chase down > more End Users, or moving my VFP apps that are rock solid and effective into > the Dabo/VFP/PostgreSQL world, I have fallen into some commercial processing > opportunities where, as Jeff (kind of) says, my clients do not give a rat's > ass what the heck I use to get the job done. So I stick with what has > worked for years, and still does, in an environment where I get to control > the (virtual) hardware, OS platform, configuration, etc. I could move to > Python and PostgreSQL, but in my case it makes no sense to do so. > > Yeah, Fox is not dead. Maybe it is a little wobbly on its feet with so many > folks leaving it, but it still does a great job for me. ----------------------------
When you are in the drivers seat it makes perfect sense to use VFP. When you are not the consultant who controsl all you might find it very hard to justify VFP. To justify python isn't that difficult with modern managers in IT. It is the finished product that justifies the quality to the customer not the tool/language. Unfortunately there were many Fox apps out there where the quality was sketchy, and those people are long gone. Or the consultant has passed away. From our local FP UG we lost two very strong programmers. As a business owner finding replacements for those people is hard so they may turn to language that is waxing instead of waining with respect to it's programmer base. . -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ 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.
