jbrown@herron.uucp (Jordan Brown) (04/27/89)
> There are still problems (distribution, support) with making dBASE available > on minicomputers. We've graduated from a Vax to a Pyramid with some Sun > workstations, but a Unix version is still in the future. Boy, it's amazing how many people can't remember the versions for the AT&T 3b series and the AT&T UNIX PC. In early '84 AT&T released dBASE 2.4E (really dBASE III-) for the 3b2 (and perhaps the 3b5). When they introduced the UNIX PC (early '85?), dBASE III was one of the products-available-at-intro. I actually played with a copy at a dealer. As one of the people responsible for UNIX ports of dBASE III, I'm mildly offended every time I hear Mr. Ed talk about how they're "going" to work on a UNIX version... we had a pretty good version (except for terminal output speed, sigh, but in retrospect easy to fix) FIVE years ago! If A-T hasn't got one now, it's because their (management & marketting's) priorities didn't include MAINTAINING the UNIX compatibility we put in. --- As usual, these opinions are mine only, and not my employer's.
jeffery@jsheese.FIDONET.ORG (Jeff Sheese) (04/28/89)
In an article of <27 Apr 89 10:11:26 GMT>, jbrown@herron.uucp (Jordan Brown) writes: >As one of the people responsible for UNIX ports of dBASE III, I'm mildly >offended every time I hear Mr. Ed talk about how they're "going" to >work on a UNIX version... we had a pretty good version (except for >terminal output speed, sigh, but in retrospect easy to fix) FIVE years >ago! If A-T hasn't got one now, it's because their (management & >marketting's) priorities didn't include MAINTAINING the UNIX >compatibility we put in. I remember that version. It was a lot more user friendly than Informix, from the 'office user' point of view. It was also a very good port, but could have used more support from the Ashton-Tate management, who could hardly spell *nix in those days. Jeff "mail all flames to null@netsys!jsheese" Sheese -- Jeff Sheese - via FidoNet node 1:109/116 UUCP: ...!netsys!jsheese!jeffery (Send all replies to netsys!jsheese!jeffery)