>>>I wished we could just buy the new versions, but it's always harder to convince people in the upper management with these upgrades. And budget always comes into problem.:(
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>>If my boss used that argument, he would not be my boss anymore. The time you will save with VFP9 compared to VFP6 will pay for the upgrade in a very short time, maybe in just a few days. Time is money!
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>Business doesn't see it like that. If you're a salaried employee, you have been budgetted already. If you have VFP 6, it's been budgetted too. If you suddenly want an upgrade - it's not been budgetted and so has to be requested, justified, etc. etc.
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>I'm sure you can see how one might want to avoid all that? :)

The logic is still imbecile. The employees are salaried, ergo they are a fixed cost, a permanent investment. Since the cost of their time is already allocated, why not make the most of it? They could do so much more with the new version, or do the same in a shorter time. The overall efficiency would go up - it would make much economic sense.

I think it has much more to do with internal politics, CYA, fortify your position, don't make waves, and most of all, don't make your underlings look smarter than yourself. The eternal disease of hierarchy.