Re: Challenge: The Best Database Program?

From: David W. Zemens <zemens_at_oakland.edu>
Date: 1996/02/04
Message-ID: <4f182e$5or_at_news2.acs.oakland.edu>#1/1


trevor_at_microprism.com (Trevor Best) wrote:

>On Fri, 02 Feb 1996 18:22:13 -0800 in comp.databases.ms-access,
>philstep_at_ix.netcom.com wrote:
 

>>Icon Software Ltd wrote:
>>>
>>> Without a doubt, I place R:Base from Microrim at the top of the list.
>>> It is a fully 32-bit based, fully relational database system, with
>>> full SQL, and comes in both DOS and Windows formats. I have been
>>> using it for 10 years now, and have no difficulty whatsoever.
>>>
>>> Ciaran Meagher
>>> icon_at_iol.ie
 

>>R:base is relational? Since when? When I looked at it in 1986, it was
>>clearly *not* a RDBMS. So I chose dbase III Plus and Clipper instead.
>>I'm surprised to hear that R:base still exists.
 

>Lighten up man, can't you tell when someone's being sarcastic? :-)
>Most of the followups to this thread are.

No, I guess I could not tell. After a re-read of the post, I still cannot tell. Apparently you must be more psychic than I am.

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