From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   pdox42 wrote:   
      
   > 4.  What db's have those that left pdox 4 gone to (and not regretted   
   > it)?  What db would you suggest?  Do the free offerings, namely mySQL   
   > and Firebird, have merit?  i'm sticking with pdox4.0 for now, but am   
   > considering creating a living failsafe... just in case.   
      
   The free offerings have a lot of merit as do the commercial offerings, but   
   let's draw an important distinction:  Paradox as you know is both a database   
   engine *and* a database application 4GL programming environment.  MySQL,   
   Firebird, (and MSSQL, Oracle, PostgresSQL, etc) are all just database   
   engines.  You can move the data and relationships, but your code (scripts,   
   forms, reports, libraries) would also have to be ported to some other   
   language to provide a user interface.   
      
   What you need to do is figure out the business functions your Paradox app(s)   
   provide.  In 1992, rolling your own apps made sense.  In 2007, you might be   
   able to get a pretty good foundation for most business apps on the Open   
   Source community, and at least make a start at replacing them.   
      
   But you want to get started on that now, because no matter how comfortable   
   you are with the status quo, at some point you'll probably have to move, and   
   this process can't happen overnight.   
      
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   Larry DiGiovanni   
      
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