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From: rcw@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Robert White)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Why is dBase IV so big?
Keywords: dBase III, dBaseIV
Message-ID: <2036@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 9 Oct 89 06:57:22 GMT
Organization: Mentor Software, Thornton, Co.
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I have several large databases that were developed using dBase III.
Some months ago, I upgraded to dBase IV, but only recently installed
it on my machine.  After a few weeks of use, I uninstalled it and
reinstalled dBase III.  

Am I alone in feeling that dBase IV attempts to be everything to 
everyone?  I would like to know how Ashton Tate developed the 
specifications for dBase IV.  dBase III is relatively simple and
elegant, and can be copied to a ramdisk for greatest efficiency.
This is simply not possible with dBase IV.   Who is the IV product for,
anyway?  Will dBase V be 10 times the size of dBase IV?  Is the
product driven by featuritis syndrome?

Please respond to this post by e-mail, and I will summarize to the
net if responses warrant.

Robert White
rcw@scicom.alphacdc.com