>>>>Doug,
>>>>
>>>>> Computer Associates purchased Nantucket, the creator of Clipper. Where is
>>>>> Clipper today.
>>>>
>>>>Clipper was replaced by Visual Objects by CA (no that it had much success)
>>>
>>>VO was way different than Clipper. It didn't resemble it at all. At least VFP resembles FoxPro 2x.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ashton-Tate purchased dBASE. Where is dBASE today?
>>>>Ashton-Tate was the creator of dBase, Borland bought it and then sold it, now is db2k (
www.dbase.com)
>>>
>>>Actually, no. dBase was invented by Wayne Ratliff while working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, although it was called Vulcan then.
>>
>>Then there was a nice little clone called 'Wampum'.
>
>Wow! Been a long time since I heard someone mention Wampum. I bet I still have it on a diskette somewhere. There was also QuickSilver and .. was it dbXl?
>
>Someday when I'm feeling very nostalgic, I'll fire up my TRS-80 Model 4p with Montezuma Micro CP/M and run dBaseII. It'll make me really appreciate VFP!
Wampum 4.5 is here!
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