Hello there folks,

I'm looking to get some feedback from the hive mind of this group. And,

I will admit, I'm doing this kind of last minute. Too many things going

on lately, and I have not had a chance to do my true due diligence! Such

as thorough research via prior postings in this forum.

So as some of you may already know, I had a first interview for a

programmer job at UCLA. The second interview is coming up, it's supposed

to be this Thursday, but I might try to postpone until Friday. Too much

stuff going on in my life lately, including doing 2 different part time

jobs and an extended relative who passed away recently, that's the

reason I'm going down to LA for an in-person interview, since the last

interview I did via Skype.

It looks like UCLA really wants to move away from Foxpro, as they know

it's a dead language. But, they want to move to something similar to

VFP. I suspect its also because the 1 and only programmer there, who's

been there for like 30 years and may be retiring soon - doesn't want to

learn something Totally new. And, also wants to minimize the transition!

They are asking me to propose what I think is the best option. They have

mentioned several options such as Fox-in-Cloud, the Alpha software, and

even Servoy. They did not bring up things like Lianja, XoJo, or X# the

open source X-base language.

I know that Fox-in-Cloud even offers a type of Conversion Assistant -

which looks really Great! But, once its converted and running in the

cloud - I'm assuming that making updates to the system actually means

programming in something that is not actually FoxPro - as I think its

Javascript & HTML. But, I could be wrong - and am sure Thierry will

correct me.

There was also some recent discussion on X# which looked like a

potentially great option. But, I heard that via the last posting - the

FoxPro version of the code wasn't really ready yet!

They also told me that they have already been working with Alpha SW -

and in discussions with them for several months. Which makes me think

they are already leaning towards Alpha. A quick review of old postings

in this forum did not show a lot of discussion or users of Alpha. It

would really be great to hear from some Alpha users!

Anyway - any and all input would be greatly appreciated. I've seen

Numerous discussions about a number of these technologies here in the

forum over the years. But, honestly - I never truly got involved with

any of them - until NOW!

Regards,

Kurt

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