Alan- I think you raise an excellent point and a very possible one. I'm completely baffled at how poorly Vista handles so much of the existing software. Notice I didn't say surprised! :)
It's not that hard a stretch to see that backwards comparability might not work nearly as smoothly going forward as it has for the last 20 years. I wouldn't be surprised at all in fact if that were the case. "The industry" wants us to push forward, buy faster new computers, write "the same" applications over and over again and sell them to our clients. This is what keeps "the industry" going.. I personally think it's despicable! I can't in good conscience ask my client to pay again for something they already paid for that doesn't offer anything new (or new enough to justify the cost). Very very fortunately for us, virtual machine technology has arrived just in time to save us from this problem! Using a VM we can run Windows 2000 or XP 'forever' to run our VFP apps on. No comparability issues what so ever, as the OS is still the same as what we wrote the apps to run on. I'm oversimplifying of course, as bugs in the emulation can introduce problems (though I haven't seen any but in theory is possible), but even still VM software will continue to get better and better as I believe it will dominate the IT world for years to come. So I'm very optimistic about the future of our apps written today in VFP because with VM's in our future, I see no reason they will cease to operate properly for years and years to come despite how many ways Microsoft tries to kill or at least screw up comparability with older software. -Steve At 10:14 AM 5/9/2007, you wrote: >MB Software Solutions wrote: > > Look at today--FPD and FPW apps still work and > > don't seem to be crapping out anytime soon! > > > > > >Not exactly the case. > >FPW and FPD will run today, but they run in an emulated machine. So >they're isolated from the OS, and will probably be fine until Windows >stops supporting 16-bit applications. > >VFP runs the same as any other 32-bit application, i.e. natively on a >32-bit OS. So look at the issues with VFP9 and Vista - yes, they're >mainly display hiccups so far, but what would happen if Windows.Next >comes out and there are worse issues, and MS don't want to release a >service pack? > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
