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FoxPro was acquired by Microsoft and eventually discontinued in favor of Access. How much of FoxPro's technology ended up in Access I couldn't tell you. (On my
by Finnucane 9y ago
FoxPro was acquired by Microsoft and eventually discontinued in favor of Access. How much of FoxPro's technology ended up in Access I couldn't tell you. (On my Mac, I kept running an old version of FoxPro in 'Classic' mode until that was no longer an option).
- LarryMade2 9y agoYep, and after MS (Apple, or some other controlling vendor) pulls the rug out from under you on your development platform of choice you don't go back to proprietary DBs. Was doing some great stuff with FoxBase/FoxPRO on the Mac. After that mess with dropping of support my next DB platform was open source (LAMP) way more flexibility and am still using it.