John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Jul 16 18:35:34 CDT 2005
Reflex (Borland flat file databse) Clipper (Foxpro branch which was a dbase branch)) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 7:28 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.) For some reason it occurred to me today to compile a list of databases I once used (and perhaps more than once), once loved, and once even deployed an app against. I tried a few googles on subjects approximating the subject but came up with nothing relevant. So I am proposing this tentative list -- not meant to be exhaustive, but rather just OTTOMH... the ultimate goal being to compile a list of when the products went off the market, when the companies folded or were sold, and so on. For the Brits on the list, let`s call it Desert Island Databases. LOL. dBASE II... became dBASE III, begat dBASE IV (still Ashton-Tate, but then Borland bought the latter and tried dBASE V and it went nowhere, IIRC). FoxBase begat FoxPro... was bought by MS and still exists, in radically different cloth. Revelation... lost track long ago... no idea what happened on this score. Clarion... fabulous executables, dumb-ass language... no idea what happened to them. Paradox... is it still for sale... no idea. Btrieve... the history of this baby eludes me... seems to have undergone a number of evolutions and buyouts but I have no detail. Knowledgeman... lost track more than a decade ago. InfoStar (this is really for the geriatrics in this list!). No idea what happened here. (This list is obviously PC-centric, but I would love some contributions from those aware of the histories of various mini, midi and mainframe databases.) TIA to any and all who can contribute obituaries or documentation of reincarnations. Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com