> From: Malcolm Greene
> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 1:02 PM
>
> Hey, those requirements ring a bell :)
>
> Not to be sarcastic, but why can't you use DBF's for your application?
> If security is an issue, check out Xitech's Cryptor.
[Scott Ramey] I do use Xitech's Cryptor, love it, works great.
>
> Rick Strahl (www.west-wind.com) recently blogged about his design
> decisions behind continuing to build his Help Builder product in VFP vs.
> .NET. Rick's thought process on this topic is also documented in a
> recent issue of FoxTalk or FoxPro Advisor. One of Rick's conclusions
> was that it made sense to keep his Help Builder product in VFP, even
> though he was targeting .NET customers (!), because of the footprint and
> performance of VFP's data engine.
[Scott Ramey] I have seen VFP choke when run over a WAN and I am seeing my
application in a WAN environment more and more. I don't want the product to
get a bad reputation if I can avoid it. FWIW with over 7,000 copies
installed I have never run into a problem with a corrupt database.
> As for my own desktop based software products (marketed mainly to
> Fortune 2000 firms), if I had to use MSDE or SQL Server Express as my
> backend, I would probably lose 90+% of my customer base. At this point
> in time, I would probably lose a similar percentage of customers if I
> required a fully serviced pack .NET 1.1 (or upcoming .NET 2.0) CLR in
> order to run my software.
[Scott Ramey] I suspect that would also be my situation.
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