On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Fred Taylor fbtaylor@gmail.com wrote:
I was just trying to stay away from Oracle, in case they decide to do something later on since they now control MySQL. I'm trying to keep my options open for a move away from Windows altogether, and not get tied down to any proprietary software.
Once burned, twice shy.
It's a good idea. Since I branched out from VFP, I've learned a lot about Linux, bash, subversion and git, PHP, Python, Ruby, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3, vim and more. It's been a fun ride. There are a lot of cool options out there, and keeping your options open is a wise move.
(N.B., prior to VFP, I had diversified, too: Fortran, COBOL, Dynamo, SBASIC, C=64 thru Amiga, SuperBase, GEOS, CP/M and more... Freedom of Choice is one of the key freedoms of computer progress.)