Vulcan .Net and VO 2.8 - yeah right....
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From: Ginny Caughey on 26 Sep 2006 07:20 Rene, > I am also considerting porting my VO code to .Net, hence Vulcan is big > shot for me. However, with lots of noise with VO developers moving > huge VO-coded accounting system to C#: Actually the noise makers aren't moving VO code to .NET at all! They are writing new apps in C#, which some of them like Geoff just discovered. <g> I've been writing new apps in C# for a number of years now, but I'll be moving my big VO apps to .NET when Vulcan is ready. Ginny
From: Joe Curran on 26 Sep 2006 09:25 I develop software for niche markets. Single-user and networks. Databases as large as three million records. Have been reading this thread with some concern over its intensity. (Perhaps that's due to the personal stake many have in VO and in this forum.) A programming language is merely a business tool. In considering a switch to another tool, I ask myself the following four questions: 1. Have I run into something that cannot be accomplished in VO? No. 2. Would migration help me sell more systems? No. Some of my competitors have moved to VS and, quite frankly, I don't see what the fuss is all about. 3. Are my customers looking for a change? No. Right now they're thinking it's Tuesday and they have until 4 to process Friday's payroll. The software? To them it doesn't matter if it's written in VO or VB or French or Swahili. Only that it works. 4. Would I LOSE anything by switching from VO? YES. I would lose Geoff and Paul and Ginny and Phil and Brian and Willie and Ed and Robert and Oscar and DOZENS of others whose MASSIVE contributions to this forum have saved me (and many others, I'm sure) hundreds of hours over the years. Brilliant solutions and topnotch consulting. For free. Easy decision for me. Let's move on to another topic. -- Joe Curran
From: Peter on 26 Sep 2006 09:48 Hello Craig, call me hasty, but I have done this two years ago. I don't regret my work with VO, the language itself is wonderful. The support is ... well English is not my mother tongue, so I have no real word for my disappointment. Since I use Delphi I have ADO with designers, visual inheritance, ... with Visual Studio I have the compact framework, ADO.NET, ... It is like beeing Sleeping Beauty and getting the wakening kiss. Have a nice day Peter
From: Geoff Schaller on 26 Sep 2006 18:13 Joe, Uncle Phil is a little glib with his personal comments but I will resist on this occasion... <g> > I develop software for niche markets. Single-user and networks. > Databases as large as three million records. Have been reading this Cool. DBF still or SQL? > YES. I would lose Geoff and Paul and Ginny and Phil and Brian and > Willie and Ed and Robert and Oscar and DOZENS of others whose MASSIVE > contributions to this forum have saved me (and many others, I'm sure) > hundreds of hours over the years. Brilliant solutions and topnotch > consulting. For free. It's funny how evangelical types miss this fact <g>. I'm only glad I've been able to contribute. Cheers, Geoff
From: Geoff Schaller on 26 Sep 2006 18:15
Just a pity it was so flawed in itself, eh? Wouldn't it have been better for Phil to say nothing? "Will Chapman" <nbquidditch"@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message news:F4GdnY4oJJIEzITYnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)pipex.net: > Sherlock wrote: > > Phil > > Brilliant response to an irresponsible, inane, and utterly inaccurate > and indefensible post. > > Cheers.. > > Will Chapman |