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From: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Dbase compilers information
Message-ID: <1585@ccnysci.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 89 10:34:52 GMT
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Reply-To: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Organization: City College of New York
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In article <2430@cps3xx.UUCP> scholten@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu
(David Scholten cps) writes:
>I am in the processes of developing a simple inventory database system
>for my parents.  What I need is a DbaseIII compiler to finish the job.
>I am currently looking at DBfast (because it is cheap).  Can anyone
>send me info (advantages/problems/pros/cons...etc) about the available
>compilers.  I need something cheap since they (nor I being a student)
>can afford something like DbaseIV.

What you really want is performance, not an EXE. Get FoxBase+. Not only is
it incredibly fast and bug-free, but it has many features that make things
which are difficult or impossible in dBase III very easy to do. It is one
of the truly finest pieces of software on any platform in terms of conception
and execution.

Also, it runs even better on the Mac than on the PC, so it's near my heart
for that reason also. :-)

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Alexis Rosen
alexis@ccnysci.{uucp,bitnet}