Actually, I should have phrased that differently. It just seems like to me ( no emperical evidence ) that when I see a question raised about dBase it comes from a Linux user. I really am just curious if dBase is that common still in the Linux world. That's all.
On 9/28/06, Andrew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Brian, Yes I grew up with it also. But I am getting rather old now. On 9/28/06, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Andrew Jensen said the following on 28/09/2006 6:52 PM: > > Why does it seem that Linux uses all want dBase supported so well. > > > > Is Linux, when it comes to desktop databases, still at a stage that > > dBase is > > the coin of the realm? > > > Do they - I hadn't noticed. > Perhaps it's nostalgia. After all dBase, albeit under an earlier name, > did power up Voyager, and thus also V-ger. > Besides, I grew up with dBase and I am still somewhat attached to it's > programming language and style. I used it a lot under DOS. > And YES, I have migrated to generic SQL, although I don's use it much. > > I am not trying to be a smart-alik there but personally I surprised it > is > > supported at beyond being another datasource type via ODBC - but I am > MS > > Windows centric. > By the way, MS doesn't really have a database. Access is more a report > application with data storage attached. > I have just recently moved away from MSAccess completely. > > Brian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
