>Don't think database. Think other things. Complex web services. Service Oriented Architecture. Workflow. etc.


This 'push' is so strong, that I believe even flowerpots at M$ venues think/breed this way / will soon start blossoming little web services instead. <vbg>

However, this does not necessarily correspond to wider bussiness reality,
especially not at trench levels.

Think customers needs, think tight budgets, think timeframes, think
essential functionalities for bussinesses of 5-50 people and still growing/expanding.
That IS the real market.
For meny of them 'Workflow' means 'going to work', 'Webservice' means Lucy from nearby internet caffe, 'Architecture' is when you build your factory/house and hv to pay arm&leg just for plans etc...

Or simplu put;
What is essential to you, might be irrelevant to someone who tries to run software shop or to target bussinesses in Phillipines.


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>IMO, one of the problems with VFP is it has gotten thinking database first rather than functionality first.

Would you mind explaining this ?
TIA