AR.HFN@forsythe.stanford.edu (Hooshyar Naraghi) (08/12/89)
Dear Databasees: A friend was inquiring about porting a dBASE III (or Plus) program to a Unix platform. I know of a company called Recital that has done that for VAX?VMS environment. The review I read about that program in the DEC Professional magazine was all positive. Our friend might like to give them a call to see if they have a version for Unix. The telephone number of the company is (508) 750-1066. Thanks, Hooshie Naraghi Stanford University Operations & Maintenance Dept. AR.HFN@forsythe.stanford.edu
shevett@labii.UUCP (Dave Shevett) (08/15/89)
In article <4313@lindy.Stanford.EDU> AR.HFN@forsythe.stanford.edu (Hooshyar Naraghi) writes: >Dear Databasees: > >A friend was inquiring about porting a dBASE III (or Plus) program >to a Unix platform. I know of a company called Recital that has >done that for VAX?VMS environment. The review I read about that >program in the DEC Professional magazine was all positive. Our >friend might like to give them a call to see if they have a version >for Unix. The telephone number of the company is (508) 750-1066. > Ahhh, people seeing my .sig will already groan - yes, it's me touting FOXBASE under Unix again.... *IF* you're running SCO/286, SCO/386, or a hash of other Intel-based **nix systems, FOXBASE will run fine. It'll take dbase III code straight from the disk and execute it immediately. I think the only adaptation you may have to do is reindex your files... (Foxbase uses .idx files, not .ndx). I think an umlimited user license (per machine) for foxbase is $995 (someone correct me if I'm wrong)... On a side tack - does anyone know if FoxPro will be released under Unix? Does anyone have ANY information on Foxpro? A company I talked to developing under it would not release any information about it, and my company cannot become a beta site ('sorry, we're not setting up any new Beta sites now...' grrr.) I need to know what new features they're throwing in. Memo field handling? EXE file generation? Speed increases? Better queries? WHAT?? /--------------------+ 'The shortest distance +------------------\ | Dave Shevett | between two puns is a | Labyrinth II BBS | | shevett@labii.UUCP | straight line...' | W. Trenton, NJ | \--------------------+ - Doc Webster +------------------/
wew@naucse.UUCP (Bill Wilson) (08/23/89)
I believe Wordtech also has a Unix version of their dbXL program. -- Let sleeping dragons lie..... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Wilson (Bitnet: ucc2wew@nauvm | wilson@nauvax) Northern AZ Univ Flagstaff, AZ 86011