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26/07/2007 15:35:14
 
 
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26/07/2007 15:24:22
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
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Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01243678
Message ID:
01243932
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Possibly but who knows what the future may hold. Over time VFP jobs will start to fade and it is probably a good idea to learn Java. I don't think .NET anything is going to ever be as popular as Java is.

>I only saw 211 jobs on Monster for JDeveloper. Many of those were outside the US. This sounds good if you are an independent, but for the others, seems to me that you have a better chance of finding a contract/postition with Foxpro...
>
>>I have been monitoring this forum for quite some time. With the announcement of the discontinuation of VFP, there has been a lot of discussion of which tool developers should move to. Well, here's my suggestion.
>>
>>Oracle JDeveloper. Why?
>>
>>1. It's free (as in totally)
>>2. It works with SQL Server, MySQL, etc. (Not just limited to Oracle databases anymore).
>>
>>To download it all you have to do is join Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at this link:
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>>http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html
>>
>>Additionally, as a member of OTN, you can download other products and use them for free as long as it is for development purposes.
>>
>>I really like VFP and although I am not using it in my current contract, I miss it sometimes. But I am a bir of a realist and essentially have moved onto the best database product in the world.
>>
>>Regards,
William Chadbourne
Senior Programmer/Analyst
State of Maine - DAFS App Team

Oracle - When you care enough to use the very best!!
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