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echo: foxpro
to: DEN BARNES
from: DAVID POWELL
date: 1997-03-13 07:47:00
subject: Borland`s Woes

Hi Den:
 DB>   With Alpha 5, they dumped dBASE compatibility and now use FoxPro
 DB> database and index files. I am not sure about the Memo fields, but I
 DB> will let You know when I figure it out. Would it surprise You to know
 DB> that 5 years ago I asked Borland's head of the dBASE product for
 DB> FoxPro index support, and he literally laughed in my face?
That he laughed in your face surprises me.  Not my idea of a good idea for 
getting/keeping customers.  That they ignored outside technology does not 
surprise me.  I see it all the time in my area.  Sad.
David in Dallas.
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