-----Original Message----- From: James Sissel
There used to be a series of PC databases - DB
II, DB III, DB IV.
Whatever happened to those?
Better dBase products came out that were cheaper (MUCH cheaper).
Hmm... I've still got a copy of dBase IV boxed up somewhere. Maybe I should dust it off and re-install it? Nah, I remember that crazy weird interface they had.
What other databases have died anybody?
It's not dead but it might as well be. The best damn PC based database ever written. FoxPro! They were well ahead of their time. And then Micro$oft bought them out.
FoxPro is long from dead. I've seen no less than a dozen job advertisements wanting FoxPro experts.
Also saw a job advert for a Linux programmer in Wichita. I'll post/send a link if anyone is interested. I wasn't qualified, and it's a bit far to travel for me.
They came out with a very buggy version 2.5 and then charged you $20 for the patches which they called version 2.6. Version 3 was a piece of crap. Version 4 went ???? because the next version was version 5. Starting Version 3 good old Micro$oft killed the dbase language and put in their Visual Basic (gag, choke).
Of course Micro$oft already had their "database" product called Access.
Which is why M$ bought FoxPro, so they could kill it.
I pray for the day that Micro$oft goes under.
You'll be praying a long time. M$ is too big and rich to go under. It might happen, but not likely in any of our lifetimes.
Here's my predictions regarding M$ and Linux:
Linux attains 50% of the server market - 2007 Linux attains 10% of the desktop market - 2008 Linux attains 50% of the server base - 2012 Linux attains 10% of the desktop base - 2015 Linux attains 70% of the server base - 2015 Bill Gates retires - 2020 Microsoft releases LinuxOffice - 2020 Linux attains 50% of the desktop market - 2020 Linux attains 80% of the server base - 2020 Linux attains 50% of the desktop base - 2025 Microsoft opensources Windows - 2030 Linux attains 90% of the server base - 2020 Linux attains 70% of the desktop market - 2040 Linux attains 70% of the desktop base - 2045