Actually in 1993 when I was working for the National Guard the National Guard Bureau signed a long term deal to make Clipper the standard desktop database application environment. It expired a few years ago (probably should have died before that), but there are still a bunch of legacy apps out there.
Who knows what the IRS did. It is just another reason for them to be abolished. > I know of FoxPro but have never used it. The IRS isn't really using > this are they? > > It's probably something somebody built for them probono a few years > back and he only thinks its on the other end. I'll ask the non-profit > people some more questions. I found a contact number for TaxWise but > it wants some sort of customer ID before it will let me talk to a > person <g> > > > I don't know Taxwise but I do know FoxPro, to my everlasting shame, > > > and it is not SQL, it is dBase. That is the product that made > > Ashton-Tate and destroyed Borland. > > > > FoxPro is an MS engine to use dBase files with SQL like statements. > > > It also allows you to build GUIs, etc. IIRC, MS is dropping support > > > in Q4, 2007 for all FoxPro versions. > > > > > Anyone know anything about this program?? A non-profit that does > > taxes > > > for low-income people at the college here asked me a question > about > > it. > > > Apparently it submits tax information to the IRS and it's Excel on > > > > this side and the IRS is using Foxpro? Can that be right? Foxpro? > > > It's > > > still SQL though, right? > > > > > > Anyone have any information on this? > > > Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231464 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
