Как Ashton-Tate сумела превратить dBASE в инфраструктурный стандарт, но напугала разрабов и клиентов

Ashton-Tate — показательный пример того, как компания может стать владельцем целого отраслевого стандарта, а затем быстро потерять рынок из-за собственных неудачных решений. В 1980-е годы продукт dBASE, созданный этой корпорацией, стал основой для тысяч бизнес-приложений. Однако судебные тяжбы и неудачный релиз новой версии подорвали репутацию фирмы и ослабили ее коммерческие позиции. Разбираемся, где Ashton-Tate просчиталась.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/onlinepatent/articles/1030028/

#dbase #dbase_ii #microsoft #история_it #история_успеха #история_создания #история_провала #история_стартапов #восьмидесятые #лицензирование

Given that I didn't use earlier IBM PCs for business, I never quite got into the "lost" tech of that area, dBase. I tinkered around a bit with Visual Fox Pro, but coming mainly from a programming/UI building perspective, checking to see what one could learn there (it was quite good, if I remember correctly).

But no real experience with the non-relational database queries and scripts of that time. Is it worth getting into, just to widen one's horizon? (Probably via DOSEMU and dbase III or IV)

#dbase #clipper #retrocomputing

I am still actively using the original programme that I wrote in 1985 to manage my comic collection. It is written in dBASE III+ syntax and compiled with Clipper on a state-of-the art Commodore PC20 with Intel 8088 (4,77 MHz, 16-Bit-architecture) CPU, 256 kB RAM, and 10 MB hard drive (fancy stuff, back then). Today, over 40 years later, the user interface may look a tiny bit outdated, but everything still works like a charm.

#comics #wayback #dos #dbase #clipper #nostalgia

TIL about couchDB

I am going to play with this DB on one of my distributions. couchDB scales from massive all the way down to mobile

quote:

Apache CouchDB ™ lets you access your data where you need it. The Couch Replication Protocol is implemented in a variety of projects and products that span every imaginable computing environment from globally distributed server-clusters, over mobile phones to web browsers.

https://couchdb.apache.org/

https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/intro/why.html

#couchDB #database #scaling #Apache #Linux #dBASE #programming #technology #OpenSource #POSIX

🪨 dBASE on the Kaypro II 🛠️

Armed with nothing more than a blinking cursor, I build an inventory system for my failing software retail shop (just play along with me here). I also explore #cpm add-on options for the #apple2 #c128 #colecoadam and others, and whoops! Did I accidentally become a #dbase programmer in the process?

https://stonetools.ghost.io/dbase-cpm/
#retrocomputing

Real ID another problem for travellers and people who enter federal buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedJ5DmWdWA

#RealID #Bush #NineEleven #September #Federal #ID #dBase #Trump #BinLaden #Musk

The World Of dBASE (1984) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYU3CQomE5M

#HackerNews #dBASE #dBASE1984 #techhistory #programming #nostalgia #video