OT: Re: FILEPRO ON WIKIPEDA!!!

[Walter Vaughan]

Tips wrote:
> Well John, Let me try to explain my position with fox/filePro and why its
> still important to me.  

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That is exactly what has happened to us/me here.

What's interesting to me in our process of either moving to a MS-SQL server 
based ERP/MRP/DM or one based upon IBM's multivalue DBMS "Universe" or "U2", 
some things I have learned on the multivalue side of things.

I believe that a U2 environment does all of his wish list items (1. Full 
functioning memo fields, 2. Scrollable fields, 3. Updateable grids, 4. ODBC with 
read and write capabilities, 5. SQL with read and write capabilities,...) with 
middleware from companies large and small. So the solution does not have to be 
complete surrendering to the "Gates of Redmond".

On the other hand, an overwhelming majority of multivalue/pick developers are in 
their late 40's to pushing up daisies. I see a lot of whining about "we need 
advertising" because CEO's are unwilling to write a check for solutions written 
with anything other that Oracle or Microsoft products. They claim that have "The 
industries' best kept secret". :)

So, what to do about tomorrow?

Sometime you have to eat your young in order to feed a newborn.

The cheapest solution for me would be to do nothing for the time being if I had 
a road map utilizing all the years of filePro programming we have in place that 
solved all of "Mr. Tips's Wish list". I just don't see that happening.

P.S. Congratulations all you Steelers fans...

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Walter