Thanks Ben for being closer to the intent of my post. Manuel, you are so
far off from what I wrote.
I use the same plumber for all my projects since 1979. Same for the HVAC.
Same electrician since 1985.
Eat at the same restaurant for breakfast since 1982 (still the same
breakfast of oatmeal).
When my wife and I enter the Wendys for lunch a couple of miles from our
house, our order is being prepared before we get to the register.
Every Thursday when I walk into the Mill (bakery) the girl puts a banana
walnut muffin on the counter as I approach.
I have been to the Reno Air Races every September for the past 17 years and
stay at the same hotel and eat at the same coffee shop every morning
(oatmeal again).
I have purchased every upgrade to RBase since 2.11
I have purchased almost every product offered by Microrim and RBTI.
I never owned Access until I bought Office97.
I have never offered Access as an alternative database to a customer.
You could construe these things to be that I am an extreme creature of habit
(cannot deny this to a degree) or you could look at it as I am loyal to the
people that have provided good service and products to me and the greatest
compliment I can bestow upon them is my continuing support to them for their
efforts.
You could even take an extreme view an say I am deficient in some way and
may need help.
You can make of it anything you want.
I have business principles and personal principles that I have rigorously
applied all of my adult life. I cannot find in those principles any
reference that says it is OK to lie, cheat, steal, or be dishonest in any
way. Enforcing this discipline has been expensive to me personally, but I
can walk into any business, movie theater, restaurant, or down any street
without having to avert my eyes when I see someone because I stabbed them in
the back. Don't read this as complaining that I have been left penniless.
On the contrary, even with the setbacks, it has left me well off by any
standard today and I am easily goaded up on my soapbox when I hear people
talk about someone getting ahead because they pulled off a good one on
someone, or screwed someone out of something. I believe in Karma buddy.
You get back what you put out x 10.
I never stopped programming in RBase and I don't know how anything I have
ever posted would lead someone to think so.
I am no more fond of VB as a tool to compliment my database efforts than
Larry is of Delphi. You could read that as Larry and I are both fond of our
respective choices in tools that complement our work. The question was
asked simply of what should someone do that is just embarking on a project
to convert an RBase app to a web app, VB or Tango. I postulated MY view on
the subject from what I KNOW about it. It was a view only. I certainly was
a long way from chiseling it into stone tablets.
I do not wish to carry this thread further and respond to the
characterizations of VB7 or VB.Net. Any person that is interested in those
technologies can certainly find sufficient resources on the web (as I have
advised previously) to make an informed decision about his or her usage of
them. I apologize for only suggesting VB.net as an alternative but I think
that is the question that was asked. I cannot, make that will not,
apologize for who or what I am. I just am and it took 57 years to do it.
mike
PS. to All:
If you find yourself reluctant to consider New Stuff, here is some food for
thought.
http://www.devx.com/devxpress/gurl.asp?i=1X4547555X20640
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel de Aguiar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:44 AM
Subject: IF VB IS SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU USING RBASE!
> Hello Mike,
> Oh BOY .........
