Rafael Copquin wrote: > One of my clientes asked me these questions: > > If my company server is a Linux box, can your vfp9 application be installed > in it?
You can install the data files on a Linux server, serving them up to Windows, Linux, and Mac clients using Samba. Works better than letting Windows serve the files. > If the client machines also run on Linux, can just accessing the server app > from an icon work? No, the VFP app needs to run on Windows. > If so, which Linux dialect, or what patches should be used? You can try to use WINE to get your VFP app to run on Linux, which might have a fair chance at success (I haven't looked at WINE in years), especially if you aren't using any ActiveX controls. > The above are technical questions. > > What about the legal issues involved? Microsoft's VFP EULA states that the software and runtimes must be used "in conjunction with a Microsoft Windows platform". They leave it up to your lawyers to interpret that and determine if it is enforceable or not. > I know that these questions were asked many times in the past, but I never > really bothered considering them because up until now none of my clients had > any problems with using Windows OS's. However, this particular new client has > all his other applications running on Linux and they will not install a > Windows operating system just to use my VFP9 app. Really, the right way to develop applications to run on multiple OS's is to develop in an environment that supports cross-platform distribution. This means canning VFP. I'd recommend learning Python and Dabo. But I won't lie: you are looking at a learning curve and some shifts in perspective, as well as a code rewrite. You could also evaluate whether your app would be suitable to being rewritten as a web app. Paul _______________________________________________ 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 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.
