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From: jack.bzoza@canremote.uucp (JACK BZOZA)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Database Survey
Message-ID: <89061907411745@masnet.uucp>
Date: 16 Jun 89 23:44:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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My experience has been limited primarily to dBase and dBase clones.  I
first learned dBase II on CP/M 8" disks and have always considered the
learning curve of other database programs too steep to justify climbing.
I have toyed with other databases but I have not yet come upon an
application that I couldn't do with my current dBase-like program.

These have gone from dBase II, dBase III, dBase III+, Foxbase 2.1

I switched to Foxbase about a year ago and find that it blows dBase
away.

1) Speed
   - about 6 to 10 times faster than dBase

2) Ease of programming
   - the same programming language but with a considerable number of
     valuable extensions including UserDefinedFunctions, Menus, etc.

3) Package reliability
   - haven't seen a crash or lost an index yet.  Fixed many of dBase's
     bugs

4) Responsiveness of the manufacturer to user input
   - haven't had any reason to find out

5) Manufacturer support
   - as above

6) User interface from a programmer's and end user's perspective
   - same as dBase - i.e. so-so

7) Cost effectiveness
   - absolutely worth the $$$

8) Portability
   - versions available for DOS, SCO UNIX, Novell
   - no fiddling necessary as the programs will run once additional code
     has been inserted for running in a multi-user environment but
     utilities exist which will go through the code and put in all the
     record locking stuff for you

Be <C>hatting with you.....
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