fP modernization

[Walter Vaughan]

Mike Schwartz (PC Support) wrote:
>      If filePro ever "goes away", my customers will have to rewrite millions
> of dollars in applications, so I don't think filePro will ever "go away".

I can speak to this directly. To replace the functionality of what we have 
written in filePro for a 32 user system the implimentation cost in SYSPRO or 
MAS500 will cost us $350k, and they won't budge.

So now I am looking at open source erp solutions. I gotta justify a ROI on 
changing platforms, and I cannot get any productivity out of my 20 something 
developers unless I get to a SQL data storage layer.

If filePro would support a native third party data store I wouldn't have to deal 
with all this insanity.

I can clearly imagine fpTech's largest customer purchasing them from BudH when 
MS get the Ohio legistature to basically outlaws anything but MS or Oracle 
products holding state owned information.