>>Richard LaValley, one of the original founders of Fox Software has died at 86.
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=richard-lavalley&pid=175758622&fhid=6347>
>Certainly a sad piece of news.
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>But always bears repeating - the story of Fox Software pulling the massive "David slays Goliath"-style victory over Ashton Tate is one of the greatest software stories of our adult lifetimes. The boys in Perrysburg didn't just beat Ashton Tate and dBase IV - they kicked the living you-know-what out of them.
Absolutely
The time it took for me to make the decision to switch from Dbase to Foxbase was about 5 minutes.
All credits and no debits.
Not many decisions around like that one.
Anyone who does not go overboard- deserves to.
Malcolm Forbes, Sr.