>Jerry,
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>>>We converted a major DOD program from C/C++ to Java. We used Sun's Forte development environment and Visa J for all gui development.
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>>>Barry
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>>>>I'm taking a java programming class all week this week. Ugh! is it ever ugly! Anyone else already doing java? If so, what tools are you using? The native stuff is pretty lame IMHO.
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>>>>John
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>>We're moving our data from VFP and DB2 to Oracle using browsers as the front end. Java plays a significant role. The results are getting rave reviews by our end users. Any browser on any OS works! Read: we are becoming OS independent. In 5 to 10 years we probably won't be using WinXX or VFP.
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>Why away from DB2? I thought it was in the same class as Oracle...

DB2 was licensed on the z90 mainframes, which we are moving away from too, AND, we don't want to be using two RDMSs at the same time. Also, we have made a decision not to bring up any new projects in VFP, but to use Oracle. We won't be converting existing apps over anytime soon, so that is why I stated in another msg a while back that I probably will be supporting VFP apps till I retire in 5 to 10 years, depending on when the Alzhimers sets in... Just before our adoption of Oracle I had just completed development of one of the largest Dept of Rev applications, called Gaming. It has 24 executables and several hundred tables, and hundreds of queries, reports, etc... It took three years to develop. With a Linux clone of VFP being released by Recital Corp sometime next quarter it would be interesting to see how Gaming would play in that tool, on Linux. Looks like fun ahead!