Upgrade question

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 01:47:41PM -0500, Roger Anderson wrote:
> Filepro 5.0.5 5 license
> 
> Open server 5.0.5
> 
> I am a filepro user and not a programmer. I have been using filepro sense 
> the Tandy 6000 days. Over the years I have managed to write an open order 
> billing system that has been serving my business well for almost 30 years. I 
> am retiring and turning the business over to my sons and would like to 
> upgrade the programs and hardware so that it might run for another 20 or 30 
> years. I know that is asking a lot but these programs have served me well 
> and I expect they will continue to do so.
> 
> To that end I have ordered a new server and will upgrade filepro. My 
> question to you is this. Do I stay with Open server 5, upgrade to 6 or go to 
> some other operating system? Is open server 6 as stable as 5? There is no 
> filepro support in the Minneapolis area and little open server support. I 
> expect this can be done remotely should the need arise. I would appreciate 
> your comments. I am trying to avoid any surprises.

My personal opinion is to upgrade to SuSE 10(.2).

But fpTech is gonna whack you for a whole new license; they won't do
cross-grades from SCO to Linux, last time I checked.

Other than that, as long as you don't have any SYSTEM commands that
call anything besides other filePro programs, it oughtta be a straight
cut.

Cheers,
-- jra
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