>>>Hi Denis.
>>>I think a large part of the problem is simply the technology with which we work. It is changing and evolving very fast so we are forced to upgrade or purchase new tools, constantly. I saved a few examples of VFP things from some magazines for 2 years, so I could experiment with them as soon as I had time. When I had time they were way out of date already.
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>>>My cousin is a Landscape Architect and I am envious of his work. He has projects he did 25 years ago which are just getting better & better. The "canvas" he works on (earth and plant life) is evolving slowly over millions of years. The "canvas" we are working on is working toward the speed of light. There is nothing I am working on now that will be around 25 years from now, maybe not even 10 years from now. Things change too fast.
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>>>So we can partially blame MS but I think they are just one of the players. A large part of the problem is our choice of professions.
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>>>Regards,
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>>Are you a developer?
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>>I guess that the answer is probably yes because you're on the UT.
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>>Will you upgrade to VFP8 (I mean with the upgrade pricing) knowing that if you do you won't be able to develop with VFP7, VFP6 or any other precedent version?
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>>If yes could you please tell me why?
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>>If not then you came to the same conclusion that I have. That's why I'm wondering what customers do that upgrade applies to?
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>Denis.
>I have the MSDN so I can try to keep current with everything. We also (there are 4 of us programmers here) have extra tools, like Stonefields & Mere Mortals & Visual UML. And, yes, our licensing is up to date for everyone who needs it so it is expensive. But we are pretending to be professionals and that means trying to keep up with the latest stuff.
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>Talk to me about licensing, though. That does gripe me to no end. The tools are great. I like the tools, but I hate having to worry about what I install on who's computer and whether or not our licensing covers it properly. Ernie Ball Guitars, locally, was hit for $90,000.00 from MS for not having proper software licensing. They since dumped MS products completely, I think.
>Regards,

So it looks like my battles are not the same as your battles ;-)