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VFP 7.0 - things I'd like to see.
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17/08/1999 14:00:10
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>>IMHO, not really. I think Fox developers still working in the 2.x world are more than aware of VFP and haven't made the switch because they can't, not because they don't want to. Mostly, because of things like continuing to support legacy apps, the company or client they work for still has outdated hardware and O/S's, etc. It's more important, IMHO, to market VFP to new developers, non-VFP developers and even more importantly to market it to the decision makers who aren't technically knowledgable in development languages and make their decisions based on what "seems" to be the best solution.
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>I agree that there are developers in that situation...and THEY need to take the responsibility to educate others in their organization. However, there are LOTS of Fox developers still using 2.x just because they are too lazy to make the leap. "OOP is soooooooo hard". That's a bunch of BS. You can use VFP and make really great apps without ever learning a thing about OOP. When I encounter people trying to get into VFP, I tell them that OOP is the last thing they should learn about.

I agree with you on what you've stated here, but IMO marketing of VFP should still be focused where I stated. Marketing to developers like this won't accomplish much if anything. Just like developers who don't have the option to change, developers who don't want to change are more than aware of VFP already.

Cheers,
Colin Magee
Team Leader, Systems Development
Metroland Media Group Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

cmagee@metroland.com

Never mistake having a career with having a life.
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