DBase: 1979-2026

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5 points | by deeaceofbase 12 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • yathartha 12 hours ago ago

    Fascinating obituary for dBase; software history repeats through neglect, litigation, complacency.

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  • orionblastar 12 hours ago ago

    Microsoft Access 2.0 had filters to import and export data from and to DBF files. We used this in WFW 3.11 to convert from DBase to MS-Access and later on SQL Server.

    There were some Turbo C and Turbo Pascal source code that read DBF files, but hardly anyone used them. Most stored data is in text files that can be read by any application.