Re: dBase 3 to FoxPro or ???

From: Rich Grise (rich_at_example.net)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:30:11 GMT

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:11:27 +0000, Robert Baer wrote:
> Rich Grise wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:18:34 -0300, YD wrote:
>> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:57:08 GMT, Robert Baer
>> >>Tim Shoppa wrote:
>> >>> Robert Baer <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message

>> >>> > I have a dBASE 3 application that must remain in true, pure DOS
...
>> > Go Linux and MySQL. You can export the dBase files as tab separated
>> > text files and import them to MySQL. I've done it in DOS/Win without
>> > too much of a hassle except for getting the syntax just right on both
...
>> >
>> I can't speak at BSD, but I use Slackware 10.0, and am totally happy
>> with it. The thing is, you _can_ use a GUI if you want to, without
>> screwing everything up a la MICRO$~1. And, of course, you do have the
>> option of staying with a completely textual system, and still get some
>> real work done.
>>
>>
> Color me stupid; is Slackware an OS? Is it yet another UNIX variant?

Slackware is what's called a "distribution." There are a lot of
distributions; Mandrake, Suse, Debian, RedHat spring to mind, but
there are a lot more. They're all based on Linux, which is a free
(or "open-source", you'd have to look it up) implementation of Unix, which
is pretty much the granddaddy of all operating systems. And I'm sure there
are a lot of folks who will disagree with that, but I think everybody will
agree that it _is_ an operating system! :-)

I think to really expand on this would be a whole nother thread and
so I want to say, it'd be pretty easy to pursue with a few minutes
of googling, to get some ideas about operating systems and stuff.

Good Luck!
Rich

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