On Wednesday, June 28, 2006 3:04 PM Ed Leafe wrote: > There is no danger of Microsoft pulling the plug on VFP as a product; they did that >nearly a decade ago. The problem with recommending VFP for new development, as I see it, >are twofold:
>1) Lock-in to Windows. If you even *think* you might need to run the app on a non- >Microsoft OS at some point in its useful life, then VFP is not a good choice. >2) Lack of developers. Unless the company has a history and culture of VFP development, >it will be difficult to find qualified developers. The numbers simply aren't there, and >new blood is trickling in at best. This may be good for VFP consultants, but bad for the >companies. Right, VFP9 is just an illusion and the fact that MSFT will support it until 2015 is a lie. I do agree with you on the developer front as there always seem to be many newbies at the conferences every year. VFP ain't dead yet! 8-) David L. Crooks _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** 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.
