Historia y declive de dBase: del dominio al abandono y la migración con IA

📰 Título original: dBase: 1979-2026

🤖 IA: Es clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: Es clickbait ⚠️

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#informática #dbase #migración

Historia y declive de dBase: del dominio al abandono y la migración con IA

📰 Título original: dBase: 1979-2026

🤖 IA: Es clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: Es clickbait ⚠️

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#informática #dbase #migración

#dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years 😥

https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841

dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841

#dbase #retro #retrocomputing

dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years - https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841

Read the piece. It fired up some long inactive neurons here. Cor, dBASE IV.....

And if you want to awaken further memories from the past, read the comments.

Seriously, right now the comments are good.

#dBase

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