FW: not good for fptech sales

[John Hemmer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian K. White" <brian at aljex.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: FW: not good for fptech sales


>
>  > There is a profound and distinct technical difference between an
> > application running on a server and servicing multiple users, and a
server
> > application that -must- be understood in order to have any meaningful
> > dialogue on the subject.  If you want to go over it, I'd be happy to
> > revisit the topic.
>
> It's really simple.
> I have no difficulty understanding that my copy of "less" is not a server.
> It runs on a server, many people access it from clients, it handles
> centralized shared data, and never the less it doesn't look smell or quack
> like a server.
>
> filePro is a database and a programming language. Simple as that.
> Crying that it's not also a server is anyones right but hardly productive.
> And it's no ones obligation to listen or care.
> I wish my car was also a plane. And a boat. Such objects may exist, but
they
> probly don't do simple driving on roads nearly as well as my simple "it's
> only a" car.
> The argument is just that silly. "People expect a transportation device to
> provide transportation!" Yeah whatever.
> An fp server would actually be more useful than helicopter blades and
> pontoons on cars, but the argument that was put forth doesn't hold water
any
> better than that.
>
> And who knows, maybe it's a good thing that fp isn't the universal adapter
> from the IBM commercial. You know, the one that needs an adapter to work
in
> Europe.
> I've always had the feeling that a lot of fp's speed is the direct result
of
> the fact that a lot of it workings are not dynamic.
> So we have flat files and fixed numbers of indexes and fixed numbers of
menu
> choices and etc.... and because of that that the code uses a lot of fixed
> tables and arrays and never has to worry about anything else and so it's
> fast. Just an unfounded theory.
>

Brian,

Well said.   It is a database and a programming, and by using it we can
develope applications faster than by using any other tools.  That is why
we all use it.

John