"N-tier software is easier to maintain, but more expensive to build the first time. So if you want the job, you have to go with the simplest technology that does the job, and then hope that they'll like your work and pay you what it will cost to come back and do the job right. Few clients, and especially few clients in the FoxPro world, are willing to pay extra for features that only save money later. A product like this allows us to do it right the first time, a luxury we rarely had in the past. I'm comfortable with this market of smaller companies and tighter budgets, but I'd like to give them first-class software. A framework allows me to do so. "

" IdeaBlade, an amazing framework for .NET from a company called ObjectWare "...

- Les Pinter 9/03