Been there, done that, and its sure the truth.. The majority of IT depts are one of the reasons VFP is dying in the corporate world.
That’s because they inherited an app that they have to maintain that was developed by a NON IT person because IT was too busy to develop it themselves in the first place... I've seen many places where IT thought that it was the keeper of the gate and that they controlled what the business used and didn’t use. The problem is that when the business stakeholders don't get what they need to accomplish their business functions, then they start going outside of IT to get results. I talked a friend of mine out of starting his own IT dept in engineering once.... I could see his point, but there were better ways to accomplish that without the problems it would create. Virgil Bierschwale http://www.virgilslist.com http://www.tccutlery.com http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Free Vista for UK peps On 1/19/07, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By SMB's I probably mean SB's because I guess that the majority of VFP > software is installed into companies of up to 200 personnel. > I guess that would depend on how you measure it. I have worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies that had VFP apps deployed widely. In one case, I did some maintenance on an application that was on 18,000 desktops. So how do you count it? One app in one company? Or 18,000 VFP runtimes? F500s are a lot like a bunch of SMBs that sometimes get along. HR has their West-Wind-based HR application, Field Service has their VFP-based trouble ticket application, Accounting has their audit app, but IT claims not to support VFP... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 ** 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.
