By 2015, I should be retired, so it doesn't matter much. First choice is to continue with VFP9 & Sedna. For most of my customers and potential customer base, this approach makes the most sense. We have invested a lot of time in classes and libraries that work. We can put together solutions very quickly and make decent money doing it.
Dabo (Python) would be the next choice. The cross platform aspects make it more and more viable as time goes on. I suspect people will be turned off by the Vista monster and go to Macs and PCs running Linux. I looked at MS .Net and it seems like a big shift in thought process and not necessarily a long lived approach. I know nothing about REALBasic. I looked at Java, but again it's a moving target. My brother and I worked on a course a couple of years ago. A lot is different in Java today. We'd probably have to start from scratch again. And it's not that easy. C and C# is out. Too low level for the solutions I want to provide. If a new IDE or 4GL comes along in the next few years, I'll have a look at it. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Tristan Leask > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 5:54 AM > To: profox@leafe.com > Subject: Another life after VFP thread? > > > Well it's a Friday morning and the guys in the office are chatting about > life after VFP. I was wondering what languages people are considering > to EXPAND to as part of their dev work? > > So far I have seen the following crop up... > > 1) VFP 9 & Sedna > People seem as though they are going to push it past the MS support > date. However there is no guarantee that VFP will continue to work on > OS's after MS start patching things and release new OS's. > > 2) MS .NET > Keep on the MS ship? Yes I know there are projects that may allow you > to run these programmes on Linux but do they work? And is there another > EULA waiting to happen? > > 3) Dabo (Python) > Ok, probably the best thing here maybe? Couple of fears though. The > first being that really if you are going to do this you must know how to > program in python (no brainer really) and understand how that works. > What happens if Paul and Ed mysteriously get run over by Steve Balmer? > Will the project continue or will it die? > > 4) REALBasic > Ok, I don't know much about this, but it seems to keep popping up over > and over again on these boards. Is this another VFP waiting to happen? > Are they likely to get brought up by the big boys, consumed and then not > supported in order to move people across to their .Nets? > > > What other serious contenders are people looking at to move to as their > main language of choice? <snip> _______________________________________________ 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.
