RE: The Future of 4D [long]

John,

I'm not "poo-pooing" Wakanda, but they have a heck of a hill to climb.  Take
a look at EXT JS and you will see what I mean.

I'm wishing them the best of luck, but based upon comments I'm getting from
non-4D types who I've asked to look at Wakanda, it's clear that they don't
think very highly of Wakanda yet.

Steve

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Subject: Re: The Future of 4D [long]

Hey Jack,

That's one heck of a leap!

Seems like we have been criticizing 4D for years for not expanding. Well
maybe - no one knows for sure - Wakanda will help bring that about. Seems to
me that Wakanda will attract attention to 4D's database architecture,
object-oriented language, and leading edge technology to boot. It can't hurt
that they've been around for 25 years or so.

Seems like I recall them discussing this concept years ago. Hmmm, what was
that called now? 4D Universal? Well, it's here, and it's different then we
first imagined it would be. And that's because the whole programming world
changed during the evolution. So they adjusted and changed as well.

In the meantime we continue to feast on 4D filet mignon. <smile>

Let's give 4D, their internal structural changes, new product development,
and new opportunities, a chance. Of course there's much work for 4D to do
before, and if ever, Wakanda becomes an understood IT word. And really Jack
have we 4D Developers been recently complaining about not having enough new
features in our DB? And aren't they fixing most "big" issues in a reasonable
amount of time?

You stuck with them this long.  Give them a bit more time before you
speculate and second guess them into oblivion (aka, lost cause).

John...

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