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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
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Subject: Re: Alpha 4
Keywords: Relational Database
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Date: 11 Feb 91 13:40:38 GMT
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In article <1991Feb11.024607.20772@cbnewsd.att.com> mcgregor@cbnewsd.att.com (t.e.mac gregor) writes:
>Has anyone had experience with a retational database called Alpha Four?
>How does it compare with other database programs such as D-Base IV and
>Paradox,...?
>
>Is the software stable?  Does it have high pentration?  What is the program's
>life expectancy?

Well, I used Alpha IV 1.00 over summer and found that it
had a lot of bugs.  Alpha sells 10,000 copies year, I
believe was the number.  It can't TOUCH Paradox 3.5
at all.....the company is small, and I am real 
unsure about their future, although they have managed
to survive this long.

Brian