Do you think anyone will even notice? Their 'support' isn't that fabulous. It is slow, buggy and irregular. And that's when it is good! I wil miss the product upgrades and especially the oft-wished-for dotnet version. But support? Barely registers for me.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Arnold Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2009 7:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Shields up Ricardo, > What happens with VFP after MS ends official support in 2014 is a big topic > that will develop over time. > I don't think I'll care by then. ------------------------- The concern is for myself and other with investments to protect. If you don't care, then of course it doesn't matter! > At the least, I think it's in MS's interests not to do anything that breaks > VFP and to fix problems discovered, for the life of Windows. At the most, MS > would (should!) do something creative with VFP that alleviates all concerns > about it's future. > And why on earth would you think that? What's in there of M$? Not breaking VFP, I mean. Look at it this way. If they don't break it, you keep developing VFP applications and they get 0$. If they break it a good percentage of actual VFPers will go to '.net' and port their applications there, furthermore, some of your customers will use MS SQL Server as a back end, that's more than a few dollars. Hummmm.... tough decision. --------------------- Referring to my post earlier, the theme is investment protection, not specific machines, OS's, languages or products. MS is going to come to a crossroads at some point with respect to continued support for VFP applications (through the life of Windows, I'll claim). If they make the right turn it will send an important message to investors, which includes more people then just programmers. > Didn't MS say a while ago, before VFP9, that there were 100,000 VFP > developers? Even if the number is smaller, some developers create multiple > apps, and who knows how many machines these apps are running on. Add it all > up and this is a big deal and MS needs to resolve it wisely. > Yes, that's about a million people (considering customers) not paying for '.net' and/or MS SQL Server. ------------------- Their integrity is worth more. To hurt VFP, when they don't have to, would be inexcusable. Bill [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 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.
