My former partner (I'm retired) and his current partner bought Servoy as a path to migration from VFP. They've been working on the conversion for over 2 years now, and IMO they're a long ways from anything releasable.
Except for some website content (and Ken Levy) I just don't see anything very FoxPro-ish about it. It doesn't use any of the VFP language - programming is all in Java. It doesn't use the VFP UI, but it doesn't use any of the various screen builders from .NET or the Java world either - my friend says it's Servoy's own. The only concrete help for a VFP app is that you can access your existing DBFs thru JDBC, but you can do that with plain Java, or .NET. Their installation/upgrade mechanisms look very good, although I've had no opportunity to use them. My friend tells me the Servoy support is pretty good. Bottom line: I see a Java-based framework for SQL database apps, plus an opportunity-based VFP marketing effort that has little or no functionality behind it. Dan Covill On 12/7/2010 9:30 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > Have any of you taken a look at this product? Would enjoy hearing from > those that have hands-on experience. > > Here's an interesting "open letter" on Servoy from Ken Levy > http://www.servoy.com/content.jsp?t=734&mt=393 > > @Michael: Thanks for bringing this product to our attention. > > Malcolm > _______________________________________________ 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.
