I've been a loyal dbase supporter for many years. Cut my teeth in programming through dBASE III+. A few years ago I changed course. Decided to learn a new language, namely C#. Why?, Because way back then, with all the failed promises and bad PR I saw the writing on the wall. Myself along with many others, were ridiculed by the dBASE community for leaving, or even daring to look at another language.But sad to say, I learnt that dBASE is up for sale once again. With declining market share, old database connectivity, even older programming structures, dBASE will be hard pressed to find a buyer to resurrect it. Me thinks dBASE is officially dead.
Here is a link about the sale, find it @ Software company (dBASE rights)with assets revenues
It will cost millions, even billions to resurrect it. In this current economic climate, spare money to though at a dead horse is not what many have lying around.
RIP dBASE, we will miss you.
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