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From: jmp@sfs.uucp (John Pearce)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: moving to unix from DOS dBase
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.144421.10872@sfs.uucp>
Date: 1 Apr 91 14:44:21 GMT
References: <1991Mar29.202515.26357@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Reply-To: jmp@sfs.UUCP (John Pearce)
Organization: Suncoast Fire and Safety Equipment, Inc. -- Sarasota, Florida
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In article <1991Mar29.202515.26357@odin.corp.sgi.com> hajadi@goofy.csd.sgi.com (Ivan Hajadi) writes:
>
>but they would like to know other's experience when moving from dos to
>unix database.

We moved a dBase III+ accounting system to SCO Foxbase+ and were very 
pleased with the results.  You do have to spend considerable time making
changes in printer destinations and otherwise allowing for the differences
between DOS and Xenix, but it was _much_ easier than getting an entirely new
accounting system.


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