I remember FoxPro being very promising as
well, but after the MS purchase I never say it again…
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Subject: Re: Query/Form Builder /
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I'm not sure if you can still get FoxPro 2.6 for UNIX, however this is
about as close to access as you will get.
FoxPro is a stronger database and was created for developers. It does
have a command window and I saw FoxPro 2.6 Windows in use by financial analysts
in a large corp. about 10 years ago.
I was a FoxPro developer and did from time to time aid the financial analysts
push their envelope.
This was an environment where the data in a mini computer running a specialized
application was exported in DBF format. As I recall there were 154 tables
each containing anywhere from a few thousand to over a million records.
This data was relational and spanned. Spanned meaning one had to
add a date to the query to rebuild an event.
The financial analysts seemed to to do well using FoxPro Windows.
I have not seen the Unix version, however I have read that it is very similar
or almost identical to the DOS or Windows version.
I think there was also a version for the MAC.
M$ bought FoxPro. It has been said they bought FoxPro for it's Rushmore
technology. They quickly started to kill it. 7 or 8 years ago
FoxPro skills where in demand. The best desktop database ever made and
the Visual versions came with a bunch of stuff. I miss FoxPro.
Bryan O'Neal
<BONeal@cornerstonehome.com> wrote:
What do people recommend for a good, easy to use, small
company database app with query and form builders? I have a small group
of people sharing a nasty set of excel files and I want to move them up in the
world, but I don't want to teach them to be DBA's and I don't want to do
everything for them, all I want to do is set up the schema, import the data,
write a few quays and let them play. Basically I am looking for the open/free
version of MS Access. And don't tell me I need to run some $20K Oracle
installation for 5 people to share a customer database. I have heard it all
before, Don't let the end users have control, don't use DA's that don't have
advanced permissions and record lock, etc. I have heard it all before and I
still believe in application appropriate complexity. I realy am looking
for easy to use, but I have never used any (Other then Access, and I don't want
to suport MS if I don't have to)
Suggestions?
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