fP modernization

[John Esak]

Mike,
don't expect anything substantitive from this guy. He hates filePro because
he can't make it do what he wants it to do... and I'm guaranteeing you he
has no substitute, nor any idea or clue of how to move whatever he has to
anything else, period. And certainly, he will not provide anything real for
you to consider.

Good luck, though with your project.

John




> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Mike
> Schwartz (PC Support)
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:16 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: fP modernization
>
>
> > > was File Pro. The reason I'm on this list is because the
> company I work
> > > for still uses this antiquated piece of software. For the
> last 6 months
> > > or so I have been involved in a project that has showed me that modern
> > > development tools and databases are light years ahead of File
> Pro and in
> > > our changing industry I believe we need that technology. And I have
> > > taught myself that.
> > > Anthony Terrible
>
>      Like you, I'm also willing to learn.  I'm work with few other
> databases, most notably SQL and Oracle, but I have about 30 years of
> database experience dating back to IBM mainframe days.  For example,
> recently, I learned (or relearned) File Maker Pro so that I could
> complete a
> project that a customer had started.
>
>      I've completely jumped ship on a couple of products over the
> years.  As
> a matter of fact I switched over to filePro from "Selector III-C"
> many years
> ago because I found filePro to be a much better product than
> Dbase, Progress
> and a couple of others that we evaluated at American Can.  So I'm
> not averse
> to jumping ship when there is a clear reason to do so.
>
>      I am curious what program, or combination of programs, you
> working with
> now.  Maybe I'm missing the boat on something that is
> better/easier/cheaper/more flexible than filePro is.
>
>      If you did answer this in a previous post, then my apologies. I'm
> working out-of-town and already deleted a couple of the longer
> posts on this
> thread.
>
>      I'm involved in one massive filePro to Oracle database
> conversion right
> now and that conversion is, quite frankly, failing.  The team of
> programmers
> working on it simply can't make the Oracle programs work as well as the
> existing filePro apps.  (This is the 3rd shot that this company
> has taken at
> trying to replace filePro with something else...)  At this point, I think
> they would drop the Oracle attempt if I could suggest something that would
> work better, even though they have over $1,000,000.00 invested in the
> conversion already.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Schwartz
>
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