Charlie,
I'm with you on this one - though I do think John has a point. I'm
constantly involved with projects that require local and remote data processing/management. I'm starting to think that perhaps John has specialized in such a fashion that the
types of projects he's done aren't the kinds that I tend to find myself doing. For me FoxPro is still a great choice - because of the nature of the work I do. Perhaps John's needs are different.
I think that John's point that FoxPro isn't the only data manager out there is pretty much true. However, at this point IMO it seems that the issue is one of productivity and I can still get a lot more done with VFP than any other tool. Why? Well, I've been so dang busy I haven't had or made the time to learn them - or needed to for that matter. That is
not either an indictment or excuse - it's just that I've been busy. Perhaps John hasn't or he doesn't need sleep. <g>
>>>For most development, VFP has no clear advantage over anything else on the >>market. Yes, if you need to thrash through data, mung it, etc, VFP has an >>advantage. But what percentage of development does that represent? 1%, 10%.
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>Not sure about what your doing, but I'm constantly being bombardied with requests for extremmely complex validations, queries and data formatting for presentation. I need a very flexible local data engine to meet these demands! ADO might be fine for distributed apps, but for the kind of stuff I'm doing, I feel it leaves a lot to be desired. I don't see myself getting away from FAT client front ends any time soon.
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>I think MS is so wrapped up in this thin client\distributed app world that they are forgetting about the real world needs of the average office worker. The need for highly functional, rohbust systems to manage company data and automate business processes is not going to go away. I totally agree with Rick Strahl when he predicted developers will be coming back to the desktop and start thinking of the internet as just another network. IMO, VFP is king in this scenario!
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>>>Many folks need to be clued in that VFP has lost its divine advantage over data.
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>You just said in the paragraph above that VFP has an advantage with respect to data. Make up your mind.
Well, you know how conflicted someone has to be to want to be a lawyer.. *gd&rvvffJVP*
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>Charlie
Best,
DD
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