On May 13, 2007, at 1:54 AM, Karen wrote: > One of the apps i wrote is for internal use is for an important long > term project that is critical to the company. The original version > was written in a combination of Labview and Fortran by a physicist > that is no longer with the company in 1995.
Neat. There's a lot of that. > That possibility made some people think using a product like RB for a > long term need this important was too risky. But since I already had > it up and running and the immediate crisis was over, it was not > pressed. Hmmm... REAL has been around for 11 years, and I'm sure I can use an older version of RB to create apps that run on the new OSes. All companies come to an end, it is just a matter of time. One can choose Microsoft but there's no guarantee how long they'll be around. Look at IBM... what was the saying... "no one ever lost a job for buying IBM." I live near Research Triangle Park... HUGE IBM presence. They sold to Lenovo... bunch of people lost their jobs. Now, Lenovo just laid off a bunch of people. >>> Depending on 3rd party RB plugins is even riskier. >> How so? > More likely to go out of business or shift emphasis. "More likely" seems more like an arbitrary feeling. Perhaps someone has the time to look at all of the plugins ever made and how many have been abandoned by the author and no longer work in recent versions of RB. >> Are you a RB Pro user of Standard user? > > Pro. Two actually. Cool. > BTW that would mean if i wanted to work at home i would have to buy a > plug-in for work and one for myself. Potentially. I'm not a lawyer. :) >>> I simply don't use 3rd party plugins. >> Are you opposed to 3rd party encrypted classes? > Don't use those either. I think it's a matter of how much your time is worth. One can recreate a plugins functionality for "X" or pay a fraction of "X" for the plugin itself. >> If so, are you >> opposed to a higher price if you are able to have access to their >> source? > If it was something i absolutely could not do without I would > consider it. Thanks for the info. Christian Pariahware, Inc. Custom Software <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.pariahware.com> -- God loved you so much that He gave His only son Jesus. What have you done with God's gift? _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
