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From: keithb@hpindda.HP.COM (Keith Broussard)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Re^2: dBASE IV - is this for real?
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Date: 5 Jul 89 16:07:55 GMT
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It would be nice if all of those people who use comp.databases do so
constructively.  I am tired of hearing all this griping about dBase
IV.  I agree that producing dBase IV was a mammoth undertaking, and I,
personally, can be a little bit forgiving with a version 1.0 of the
software, even though, like many, I can't wait for version 1.1!

Anyway, if you don't use dBase IV because you don't like the opening
graphics, or you think it's slower than dBase III+, or you have
something against a powerful and easy to use user interface (menus and
popups), or whatever, then leave messages in notefiles that pretain to
what you use.  Leave us (however sorry you feel for us) dBase IV users
alone and find someone else to gripe to.

If you are a dBase IV user or have had an intelligent experience with
the product, then use comp.databases as a feedback mechanism to
Ashton-Tate (you see, they ARE listening), and as a channel to give
useful suggestions/warnings/tips/hints to other users.

I think all of the griping is fun, folks, but if you want Ashton Tate
to "get real", then you get real.  Time's a'wastin'...we've all got
things to work on.

Regards,
Keith "No disclaimer here; I mean what I say" Broussard