They call that stuff between our ears "grey matter" and now I know why -- nothing is black and white, especially here.

>Pyjamas + Dabo would give a great deal of freedom to get things exactly right. Whether the resources can be gathered to make it happen will be a question until the resources are gathered. It's Plan A in the sense that if given an equal opportunity to choose either, I would choose to control my own destiny. I'm working on it.
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>Lianja will happen. Whether it will happen in a way that would give me (and the organizations I support) what we need will be a question until it happens.
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>It's really clear in my mind. <s>
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>Hank
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>>In your reply to Thomas I get the impression pyjamas is plan "A". Now I'm confused :(
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>>>That's plan A. <s> Lianja is a plan B that's worth putting time into.
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>>>>>Lianja (http://www.lianja.com) promises to be the killer developer system for which we have all been waiting.
>>>>>
>>>>>-- VFP compatible
>>>>>-- programmable in Recital Script, VFP, Python, Javascript (they obviously dream of Abstract Syntax Trees <s>)
>>>>>-- hit DBF's (they are a project within Recital, which has been doing xBase forever) or SQL
>>>>>-- WebClient automatically generated, runnable on any platform, any device
>>>>>
>>>>>There are many questions to be answered, of course:
>>>>>
>>>>>-- will it really do all that?
>>>>>-- will they be responsive to developer needs?
>>>>>-- will the cost be feasible for both small custom development shops and ISVs with broad deployment?
>>>>>
>>>>>If they deliver, I can't imagine a much better tool to move from today into the future.
>>>>>
>>>>>If they don't deliver, well, what ya gonna do?
>>>>>
>>>>>As Recital, they have a history of stability, which I think mitigates the "do you really want to put your future in a company that might go away" factor. As their only modern product, I think the "what happens when they make the product go away because middle managers want to make their bonuses" also becomes moot.
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>>>>>Beta 2 will be available in a couple of weeks, from what I have been told by Barry Mavin, who is CEO and Chief Software Architect (and has been so for at least the last 13 years -- they do have stability).
>>>>>
>>>>>The purpose of this forum is primarily to inform UT users of what's going on with this potentially important product. It also have a purpose in providing a place for discussion when Lianja forum is closed (don't ask: they just don't understand community, even when it's explained to them).
>>>>>
>>>>>Hank
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>>>>What happended to Dabo?