Hey -- -- A long-time client (25 years!) called me up last week. Looking to update an application I first wrote in FoxBase+ Mac. It ran on Mac & DOS together, then Windows. I haven't touched it since converting it to VFP -- a long time ago -- maybe VPF 5 or 6 (Gosh I'm having a hard time remembering which was the first really stable release). They love what I did for them. It has run *so* long, trouble-free. I can't believe how long they have been using it.
They contacted me last week. Time for a rewrite. Naturally I'd like to do it, and I certainly could use the business. Well, the company has grown up, now Oracle and MS-SQL are the standard data stores. I haven't "done" MS-SQL since moving to open source stuff. I think the last version I had was -- (oh, crap, I just looked it up) -- 2000. I've already downloaded "2012 Express" and am looking to play a bit with it this week. I suspect it will stay a desktop app, maybe with an extremely limited public web component. This all just has to do with the nature of the application and the demographics of the audience. I'll meet with them next week. It doesn't sound like they will specify a front-end. I'm thinking Python if it stays a desktop app. Your opinions, please: 1. If they insist on Oracle, am I dead in the water? I've never touched it. Cavalierly, I think it is just a SQL data base, and the data objects undoubtedly exist to do basic data manipulation. But I know there is a ton of admin -- I assume their DB admins can take care of this (?) 2. Ditto MS-SQL, given that I haven't touched it in 12-13 years? 3. If Python, is Dabo worth messing with? I played with it for a couple of weeks when "the boys" were hard at work developing it, but that also has been a long time ago. Ed, Paul? I looked at the Dabo-users archive and there is activity. Ken --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAFyV=LkeXGOcwa2zuQnO=tedkq3reefgqyrphw3pad5vsfw...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
