>>>>Yep (no surprise there). It looks cool and all -- but like I said there are a few things missing, at least two of which I think are kind of important. I know some of the customers have already bailed because of that and the fact they won't make any changes to the product if requested. They have big investor money so perhaps they don't care and can absorb some lost customers.
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>>>Unfortunately, quite typical scenario these days. I have seen my VFP app replaced with similar approaches.
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>>Yup, and I've seen worse. I've seen my VFP app replaced with pure vaporware which never condensed.
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>>And worse than that, I've seen SyGate firewall replaced with its descendant, ZoneAlarm, which has about half of its teeth removed and replaced with gui candy. And even worse than that, I've seen Skype replaced with Skype.
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>>>I even gave up trying to convince the customers to stay. To each his own.
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>>And then they tell you it's what customers want, they are always right. Yeah, right.
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>In my case, it is not what the customer - people I deal with - want. It is the corporate being sold by big companies who make these decisions. Because I often time hear the customer/users complain to me that
"with your system we used to be able to do things simpler, faster, etc. Now it is PITA."
>But by the same token, I understand corporate wanting to change to something more permanent. I am not yet retired but I am the same age you are and sooner or later will have to.
>So, they want continuous support and enhancements.

In this case I was the agent of change. That old SBT system was about to die.
QB on line is a terrific system and it's well priced.
The API is pretty slick.
If I were starting up, I'd be looking at ways to build applications around it.