I understood what Grady said. My comment was an observation that the same thing has been asked of Microsoft many, many times, and always answered the same way: no. You hang out here enough to know Grady is one of my favorites. I am just sick to death of the same question being asked over and over, especially when it's clear the answer is never going to change.

Thank you for taking it upon yourself to keep us all in line, though ;-)


>He didn't ask and wasn't looking for an answer (or were you Grady and I missed it?). It appeared to me like a comment as to what he would have preferred occur. Just because that has been bandied around for years doesn't mean he shouldn't express his opinion without receiving a Craig comment for it...
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>>Asked and answered. About a million times.
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>>>If MS has not interest in it, it would be nice if they sold it to another software development business, so it could continue to grow.
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>>>>It's a calculated risk that we must take which we think in the end, whatever the outcome, at least we tried our best. And it's really a satisfying feeling to see ourselves getting out of our comfort zone.
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>>>>>So, your "break-even" success depends upon selling five projects which has not happened yet?
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>>>>>I sincerely hope you are able to do so and then some. I know, all too well, what it's like being in your shoes.
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>>>>>>If we succeeded using VFP before, how much more today. We have a deep understanding of the business process and the technology available to deliver the requirements. Failure is not an option for us here.
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>>>>>>All we need is to have 5 projects sold to cover two years development cost with 2 cents change.
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>>>>>>>So two years with five developers, so far. In the US, that translates to roughly 1,000,000.00 USD (one miliion) and you are not done yet. From my experience with projects like this, it will probably take "at least" another year (another $500,000.00 USD). Am I right?
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>>>>>>>Will your $net increase be more than your $dev costs over the next few years?
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>>>>>>>I am asking this because I have seen a lot of projects like this fail due to lack of analysis
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>>>>>>>>>Was it hard to migrate VFP app to C#?
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>>>>>>>>Marat,
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>>>>>>>>It depends on your outlook as a person and as a developer. But technically, it's not hard. You only have to start the migration correctly. In our case, it took us two years to migrate the whole solution and there are still portions which are yet to be completed. But the solution is totally huge : Patient Management, Materials Management, Financial Management, HR, LIS, RIS, Health Insurance Management, EMR, and Clinic System. I have with me 5 full-time developers. It's worth the effort and very satisfying. It gives us some sort of peace of mind because C# is becoming a language of the masses which translates to popularity even more than VB. To me, C# is the way to go for VFPers. It's killing 3 birds in one stone - Learn New Language, Next-of-Kin to Java, Futuristic...