>Today it was announced that a foxpro application that I created in 1994 is being phased out. The kidney unit (who I still support a few hours per week) is moving to an Oracle-based database that is hosted over the internet. They were happy with the application, but they were required to move to the Oracle system because of a provinical mandate.
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>I actually feel sad. Does this sort of thing bother anyone else?

Yeah. My husband's business is still running an app I wrote in 1978 (in Basic on a Wang 2200, though it's now been migrated to the network). After looking for many years for something that would do everything my app does and offer more, they finally bought a replacement this last year. While mine is still being used to finish out a project, the new one is in use as well.

Much as I've wanted to stop supporting this app over the years (it takes a long time to get my head back into it when they need something fixed or modified), it is sort of sad. As we were discussing this the other day, my husband told me how my app brought in some major work for them.

Tamar