We, at ABB Power T&D Co., Inc., South Boston, VA, converted our IBM &
Digital mainframe systems to an all Novell network starting in 1994 and
ending mid 1996. We have converted EVERYTHING to FPW 2.6a with the exception
of our Engineering/Drafting system. We are running a $100M business on FPW
2.6. We are going to convert to VPF 5 starting in Feb. If this is not robust
enough for your customer I DON'T know what would be.

Bob Brown
Network Administrator

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>One of my customers is afraid of letting us develop
>an application for him using VFP. He has good experience with our software
>company, using another tool, and he knows we can get the job done using
>VFP.
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>When VFP3 came out he refused to use it since it was a new tool. Also, he
>received a BAD opinion from a well known consulting group.
>He asked : "What is the positioning of Microsoft Visual Foxpro 3.0 ?"
>They answered : "... The product does include limited multi-user
>capabilities ... The underlying data management technology is simply not
>robust enough for any application serious enough to require multi-user
>support ... We would urge you to consider appropriate client/server
>development tools"
>
>Now, I am trying to convince him to use VFP5 for a new application.
>Again, he consulted the same group and was told that VFP is going to be
>discontinued after 5.0 .
>Sure - we have all heard those rumors for quit a while.
>
>HELP ME IF YOU CAN -- I am trying to gather as much information as possible
>to convince him that his consultant is wrong.
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