DBase: 1979-2026

(delphinightmares.substack.com)

5 points | by deeaceofbase 9 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • yathartha 9 hours ago ago

    Fascinating obituary for dBase; software history repeats through neglect, litigation, complacency.

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  • orionblastar 9 hours ago ago

    Microsoft Access 2.0 had filters to import and export data from and to DBF files. We used this in WFW 3.11 to convert from DBase to MS-Access and later on SQL Server.

    There were some Turbo C and Turbo Pascal source code that read DBF files, but hardly anyone used them. Most stored data is in text files that can be read by any application.