fP modernization

[Mike Schwartz (PC Support)]

     I've never been involved with -any- database conversion to a different
product that was easy.  It's no easier to convert from Access, Foxbase or
SQL to any other database.  With a word processor, you are dealing with a
structure that is similar between the two products.  Transitioning from word
processor to word processor is like transitioning from a Ford Taurus to a
Chevy Cavalier.  Transitioning from one database to another is like
transitioning from a Piper Cub to a Lear Jet.  Almost nothing is similar
between the two except they both fly!

     That's why I'm fairly sure most of my database customers will stay with
what they have until it just isn't feasible, and that applies to Access,
SQL, Oracle and filePro equally.  It would take most of my customers
thousands of hours of development time to rewrite their apps in a different
language.

Mike Schwartz  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Walter Vaughan
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:03 PM
> To: filePro
> Subject: Re: fP modernization
> 
> Larry Weaver Sr wrote:
> 
> > The next question, obviously, is where do
> > we go? Who has ideas and/or comments??
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Well I have been a part of a almost year long professional RFI/RFQ
> process. I
> can tell you from experience that replacing a custom filePro system is not
> easy
> nor cheap.
> 
> I read recently there is three costs to any software solution.
> 1) Aquisition cost
> 2) Maintanance cost
> 3) Exit cost
> 
> What kills today is that there are no tools to transition anything
> "filePro"
> into any thing else. Don't like MS-WORD? There are dozens of appliations
> that
> will read the file format. Think this hurts MS? Nah, actually the
> opposite.
> 
> Exit cost is by far the most expensive piece, unless plan for exit in the
> future.
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