[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] Alpha 4

jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) (02/11/91)

In article <1991Feb11.024607.20772@cbnewsd.att.com> mcgregor@cbnewsd.att.com (t.e.mac gregor) writes:
>Has anyone had experience with a retational database called Alpha Four?
>How does it compare with other database programs such as D-Base IV and
>Paradox,...?
>
>Is the software stable?  Does it have high pentration?  What is the program's
>life expectancy?

Well, I used Alpha IV 1.00 over summer and found that it
had a lot of bugs.  Alpha sells 10,000 copies year, I
believe was the number.  It can't TOUCH Paradox 3.5
at all.....the company is small, and I am real 
unsure about their future, although they have managed
to survive this long.

Brian