Hey -- --

A long-time client (25 years!) called me up last week. Looking to update an

application I first wrote in FoxBase+ Mac. It ran on Mac & DOS together,

then Windows. I haven't touched it since converting it to VFP -- a long

time ago -- maybe VPF 5 or 6 (Gosh I'm having a hard time remembering which

was the first really stable release). They love what I did for them. It has

run *so* long, trouble-free. I can't believe how long they have been using

it.

They contacted me last week. Time for a rewrite. Naturally I'd like to do

it, and I certainly could use the business.

Well, the company has grown up, now Oracle and MS-SQL are the standard data

stores. I haven't "done" MS-SQL since moving to open source stuff. I think

the last version I had was -- (oh, crap, I just looked it up) -- 2000. I've

already downloaded "2012 Express" and am looking to play a bit with it this

week.

I suspect it will stay a desktop app, maybe with an extremely limited

public web component. This all just has to do with the nature of the

application and the demographics of the audience. I'll meet with them next

week. It doesn't sound like they will specify a front-end. I'm thinking

Python if it stays a desktop app.

Your opinions, please:

1. If they insist on Oracle, am I dead in the water? I've never touched it.

Cavalierly, I think it is just a SQL data base, and the data objects

undoubtedly exist to do basic data manipulation. But I know there is a ton

of admin -- I assume their DB admins can take care of this (?)

2. Ditto MS-SQL, given that I haven't touched it in 12-13 years?

3. If Python, is Dabo worth messing with? I played with it for a couple of

weeks when "the boys" were hard at work developing it, but that also has

been a long time ago. Ed, Paul? I looked at the Dabo-users archive and

there is activity.

Ken

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