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DBase 5.7 released! Some competition for VFP?
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03/10/1999 02:19:12
 
 
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02/10/1999 17:20:30
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Visual FoxPro
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I agree ... a Linux release could make things interesting!! :-)

-Bonnie

>>>>Performance aside we need another. The Web site makes mention of going to open source. Maybe we can improve the performance.
>>>
>>>No one has beaten the MS Foxteam at speed yet. :-)
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>>Yeah, Evan, but it wasn't MS that "invented" FoxPro's famous speed ... don't give them too much credit! < g >
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>>-Bonnie
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>Bonnie, et all,
>
>I just wandered over there and sent them a message wishing them well. I don't see how in the world they will be able to compete with all the resources of MSFT but having the competition is always IMO a great idea.
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>Personally I think that a Linux release would help them tremendously.
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>I do remember whan a scrappy little company in Perrysburg, with Dave Fulton manning the help desk phones, made mincemeat of the then-giants of the land.
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>I just hated the way that PK ruined dBase and CA dismembered Clipper. Both were worthy competitors who succumbed to the marketers knife.
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>Now the shoe is on the other foot.
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>This should be fun and I wish them well.
>
>Best,
Bonnie Berent DeWitt
NET/C# MVP since 2003

http://geek-goddess-bonnie.blogspot.com
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