[PLUG] Micro$soft challenge...
mikeraz at patch.com
mikeraz at patch.com
Mon Apr 22 22:05:22 UTC 2002
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 02:50:23PM -0700, Rich Shepard typed:
> popular? Never copy protected. Pirated like crazy. Many consultants learned
> how to write database applications on an illegal copy of dBASE.
Hey, I resemble that remark. :)
> Made them the database standard in the microcomputer world for quite a few
> years.
Until they did what killed my association with them. The release of dBase IV
was way late and didn't have promised features. Features which a project I
was doing at the time depended on. That bungle opened the door for many of
their competitors.
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