new features?

[Jose Lerebours]

GCC Consulting wrote:
> 
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> 
> As far as I know, development is still taking place,  at the usual slow
> pace.
> 
> I assume that you are referring to information about updates other then the
> new features in 5.6.
> 
> At the 2007 conference in Phila. We were shown xml for filepro and were told
> they were working on a mobile server/client application for running fp on
> mobile devices.  Of course, so far, these products have not been released.
> 
> As for a different screen sizing, you might want to look at the Reface
> program from Sound Ideas.
> 
> http://www.soundideas.com/pages/reface.html
> 
> 

Last I looked at these products I thought that they would put any 
filePro based application out of market range.  I mean, if you take

a) the cost of you developing/modifying the application
b) cost of OS (if not free version of linux)
c) cost of runtime
d) cost of terminal emulator
e) cost of gadgets from sound ideas
f) cost of 3rd party applications needed to patch filePro apps with
g) cost of anything derived from lacking portability and/or compatability
h) cost of anything you can think of ...

When you add it all up, a filePro based application can easily start at 
about $12K no matter how basic it is.

Don't get me wrong, I think sound ideas has incredible products but they 
come with a price tag and they should.

I can see those whom have filePro running in their business sticking 
with it but I am having a hard time justifying a totally new application 
to be developed in filePro.


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Jose Lerebours