OT: If I were to list what I've done with filePro & vent how I feel about filePro

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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 01:08:45PM -0400, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list
thus spoke:
> is correct.). More young IT people are very familiar with Windows and
> its issues. The biggie here is Management. Often they demand Windows
> environment as most of their applications are Windows based.

MCSE certifications are a dime a dozen, and worth about as much.  Same goes
for Linux certifications, but fewer Linux people are likely to get suckered
into it, largely because they're smarter in the first place.  Largely, an
MCSE means that they're just one notch above being able to ask, "Would you
like fries with that?"

> Is Linux better?  It is probably more robust and needs less
> horsepower. However, there is more hardware out there today designed for
> a Windows environment. Mac OS is running behind that and lastly is the
> Linux environment.

Erm...last I looked, Linux has more hardware support than FreeBSD, and OS/X
is based on FreeBSD.

If something is standards or class compliant, it'll probably work on any of
them.  If you have some oddball, your chances are better with Linux than
FreeBSD or anything based upon it.

> The scripting language is far better then the MS batch language. The

Perl for Windows exists.  Python for Windows exists.  There's zero reason
to suffer -any- of the MS-specific rubbish any longer.

> The choice is yours except when the person paying the bills wants
> something else and says ?my way or the highway?. We all need to earn an
> income and if I have to choose between getting a sale or earning nothing,
> I vote for the sale. I have now been out of the *nix market for almost 30
> years.

I -can- work in either.  I obviously prefer the sanity of *nix.

> In all of my years in developing applications I gave only walked away
> from one client. 

I've -fired- three.  It's always been over someone either not paying, or
repeatedly not paying on time.  That's the quick way to the axe with me.

Now, knowing when to walk (or RUN!) away from a potential client...  I've
gotten better at evaluating who will be a poor ROI time-sink.  I've
turned down probably three, after doing an evaluation of their needs.
If it becomes apparent that it will make my life hell, with not enough
compensation to justify it, I just walk away in the first place.  Even
then, I've given the expensive option, and let them make the call, knowing
they won't be willing to pay what it will take.  If I'm going to even
entertain the notion, it's going to be worth my while, though.  So if they
take the high price, okay...not thrilled with the specific job, but I'll be
well-compensated for the suffering.

I remember getting burned a few times early on, when I was starting out.
Nothing like a few expensive mistakes to teach you what red flags to look
for.

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