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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01054553
Message ID:
01054773
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Hi Srdjan,

you are free to mean whatever you want, and I will not argue any of your points even though I don't agree with all of them. But keep in mind, that the more people who don't upgrade, the more likely VFP will disappear.

>Hi Tore :)
>
>>
>>Ignorance? :-)
>
>Absolutely not.
>
>Here are some of my (some of them personal) reasons ;
>
>- VFP6/SP5 applications are mature, stable and fulfilling purposes.
>
>- Potential troubles upgrading clients to VFP9
>In my inhouse case is less of trouble, but how about those with
>between 50 and 500++ different client sites ?
>
>- Potential troubles with code itself, aldough I don't think this is realy big problem.
>
>- I realy like having Setup inside my VFP box vs InstallShieldExpress
>(This is total loss)
>
>- Not enough real life gains in upgrading to anything less then VFP9.
>Even there, major improvement - reporting, is still falling short
>behind tools like XFRX for instance.
>
>- Negative propaganda about VFP future.
>Many people are investing time in exploring other tools rather then investigating feasibility and upgrading to VFP9.
>In the meanwhile VFP6/sp5 - still does the job.
>
>Despite all this, my prediction is that who ever stays with VFP, will
>jump soon to VFP9/SP1 and stay there, until another right babe (like VFP is now) come arround :)
>
>Rgds+++
>Sergio
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