What Rick said <g>. I've taken some training in it but I simply don't have enough time to really dive in. The OOP at the form level is mostly FP 2.6 like and somewhat VFP-like and a step back for VFP developers. Other parts just feel awkward.
I have seen some interesting and somewhat complex things done with Servoy. We're discussing starting a Servoy SIG at LA Fox. It's worth a look. The jury is still out for me but I'll continue to listen. Bill Anderson On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Rick Schummer < [email protected]> wrote: > Malcolm, > > >> Have any of you taken a look at this product? Would enjoy hearing from > those that have hands-on experience.<< > > I can only give you my perspective of a demo by Ken Levy and the Servoy > CEO. > > 1) It is an application server product. As soon as you make a change to the > source code the running app picks up the changes and presents them to the > user. No bringing down the EXE or having the user get out of the form and > restarting (if you deployed SCXs directly). This is impressive if you have > one of those 24x7 apps. > > 2) Ken is influencing the Servoy team to bring some of the cool VFP > features > to their language and IDE. As for their push into the Fox Community, they > see Microsoft dropping an opportunity for them to pick up. Same for the > folks at Advantage Database Server. If Microsoft wants to shed customers, > they are willing to help them out. > > 3) Nothing is ported from VFP, you are rewriting your apps, just like > moving > to a .NET language or Python, etc. > > 4) I am not sure about their licensing as was posted here. Sounds like > something new is in the wind. Last I heard they licensed it based on your > app and the projected revenues, which plain does not work for me. You might > want to check with them to see if Michael was giving pricing specific to > his > situation, or if they have gone a smarter route. Still, prices are way > steeper than most VFP developers are willing to spend based on my > observations. > > You might want to reach out to wOOdy from Germany who has made a serious > push to Servoy. wOOdy was part of a late night session at German DevCon. > Boudewijn Lutgerink from the Netherlands has jumped on it as well since the > eTechlogia guys fell of the face of the Earth. Both have actual hands on > experience they can share. > > Rick > White Light Computing, Inc. > --- 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.
