At 11:38 2016-05-27, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:

It's not the fact that it's an old system per se, it's an old system for which spare parts and people with the relevant skills to maintain it are rapidly disappearing.

The same could be stated for VFP.

There are also many stories of replacement system fiascos.

I get tired of the throwaway mentality. One poster on alt.folklore.computers does metalwork, and some of his equipment is about a century old. Do you it might ever happen with software?

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko