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twasold | 1 year ago

What ever happened to foxpro?

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kjs3|1 year ago

Bought by Microsoft who gradually nudged users to move to Access or SQLServer until they could quietly take it out back a shoot it in the head about 20 years ago.

pfdietz|1 year ago

Fox Software was acquired by Microsoft in 1992. Development was finally discontinued in 2007.

webnrrd2k|1 year ago

My vague memory of it is that MS discontinued it because it detracted from their plans with MS Access on the low-end, and MS SQL Server on the high end. I think, maybe, that it may not have fit in with Visual Basic very well.