PostgreSQL 8.0 will run on Windows

Are you SURE..?: >>Why did they take a database that originated on the Mac (FoxBase) and turn it into a Windows-only product?<<

Are you SURE that FoxBase was a Mac product first?

Seems to me that FoxBase was a clone of dBase made by Fox Software WAAAAY back in the 1980's.. It was an MS DOS tool (as was dBase by Ashton Tate). The roots of dBase go back to CP/M and mainframes prior to that.

Microsoft came into the picture in 1992 when they bought Fox out. And while there WAS a Mac version of FoxBase/FoxPro, Microsoft probably dropped it if the sales figures didn't justify support.

Read all about it at www.foxprohistory.org; Posted by: Wolfie2K3 Posted on: 08/23/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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