Rick Schummer wrote: >>> Since it's so typical, it raises the question of the wisdom of >>> > continuing to invest in Microsoft solutions.<< > > No surprise you would come out with another broad stroke without any backing > in the specific case. In the specific case of VFP Studio the product was > going through a 0.5 to 2.0 cycle with the VS IDE Shell. We have all battled > the beta of a technology and the risks involved. With Microsoft we know they > get around to getting it right in v3.0 and they have not reached this yet. > With smart advisers like Craig and Bo to influence the development and the > team at Microsoft working on it I would think there is a higher chance for > success. Not guaranteed, but more than 50/50. > Have a question though. The product, has gone from 0.5 to 2.0 in...how much? 5 years? And according to you it will be mature by 3.0, let's say 8 years total? That would be a 'compiler' with a few languages associated to it and an IDE. And this was backed up by tons of money? And only 50/50 chance?!?! And you would complain on an open source OPERATING SYSTEM which is 20 yo but stable for the last 10 years? I can't see money injection made much of a difference. More so if you consider all this money and effort to be at the whim of management not users.
> Or you get evolutionary on the product and prove to people there is > something better. You mean until management decides to ditch it like they did VFP? --- 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.
