Databases

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sissel
> 
> > >>> There used to be a series of PC databases - DB
> > II, DB III, DB IV.  
> > >>> Whatever happened to those?
> 
> Better dBase products came out that were cheaper (MUCH
> cheaper).
Hmm... I've still got a copy of dBase IV boxed up somewhere.
Maybe I should dust it off and re-install it?
Nah, I remember that crazy weird interface they had.


> 
> > What other databases have died anybody?
> 
> It's not dead but it might as well be.  The best damn
> PC based database ever written.  FoxPro!  They were
> well ahead of their time.  And then Micro$oft bought
> them out.
FoxPro is long from dead. I've seen no less than a dozen job
advertisements wanting FoxPro experts.

Also saw a job advert for a Linux programmer in Wichita. I'll 
post/send a link if anyone is interested. I wasn't qualified, and
it's a bit far to travel for me.

> 
> They came out with a very buggy version 2.5 and then
> charged you $20 for the patches which they called
> version 2.6.  Version 3 was a piece of crap.  Version
> 4 went ???? because the next version was version 5. 
> Starting Version 3 good old Micro$oft killed the dbase
> language and put in their Visual Basic (gag, choke).
> 
> Of course Micro$oft already had their "database"
> product called Access. 
Which is why M$ bought FoxPro, so they could kill it.

> 
> I pray for the day that Micro$oft goes under.
You'll be praying a long time. M$ is too big and rich to
go under. It might happen, but not likely in any of our lifetimes.

Here's my predictions regarding M$ and Linux:

Linux attains 50% of the server market  - 2007 
Linux attains 10% of the desktop market - 2008
Linux attains 50% of the server base    - 2012
Linux attains 10% of the desktop base   - 2015
Linux attains 70% of the server base    - 2015
Bill Gates retires                      - 2020
Microsoft releases LinuxOffice          - 2020
Linux attains 50% of the desktop market - 2020
Linux attains 80% of the server base    - 2020
Linux attains 50% of the desktop base   - 2025
Microsoft opensources Windows           - 2030
Linux attains 90% of the server base    - 2020
Linux attains 70% of the desktop market - 2040
Linux attains 70% of the desktop base   - 2045