> dBase2 had 4 tables open as a limit, dBase3 you could get 25???? > Darn that was so long ago. That made a huge difference to me. Then I > saw foxbase and the same app compiled in fox was faster. I think that > was 89 or so and never looked back. >
I knew of FoxBase from its earliest days due to various magazine ads, but I stuck with dBase III+ as it was doing the job I needed done, and I had already shelled out a lot of wampum for it. I had already made a cutover from Lotus 123/Symphony to Quattro, and although it was not entiely brutal I did not feel like making a similar migration to FoxBase unless I had to. Then in about 1994 M$ picked up FoxBase and came out with FoxPro DOS and FoxPro Windows (v-2.5 and/or 2.6). That is when I jumped due to a new project that would demand a lot of speed, and dBase III+ had by then "displaced" in the market by dBase IV - which had so many problems that I knew I would not be able to use it for this particular project. Once I put my teeth into FoxPro I never looked back except for occassional musings about the positive impact dBase III/III+ had in my career. It was one of the first applications, along with Borland's Sidekick, that I licensed when I purchased my first IBM PC. Then along came Visual FoxPro. Woo Hoo!!! And here I am today, still. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SQL > not optimised > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Dave Crozier > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stephen, > > Dbase III had multi user as standard option as opposed to Dbase > II (single > > user) which could run multi user but only if the files were not modified > > (Read only). > > > > The only way to run DBASEII "multi user" was using Multi user MPM and > > Concurrent CPM/86 on an Altos box. When another user added a record the > > other users could only see it if they closed the file first > then re-opened > > it - not a good "modus operandi" !!! > --------------------------------- > > dBase2 had 4 tables open as a limit, dBase3 you could get 25???? > Darn that was so long ago. That made a huge difference to me. Then I > saw foxbase and the same app compiled in fox was faster. I think that > was 89 or so and never looked back. > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
