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* 1.0 (Jun 1984) - Rewritten in [[C]], much improved functionality but much slower than the [[assembly]] coded dBase II. | * 1.0 (Jun 1984) - Rewritten in [[C]], much improved functionality, but much slower than the [[assembly]] coded dBase II. | ||
* 1.1 (1985) | * 1.1 (1985) | ||
;dBASE III Plus | ;dBASE III Plus | ||
* 1.0 (1985) | * 1.0 (1985) | ||
* 1.1 (1986) - Menu system | * 1.1 (1986) - Menu system à la Condor Database | ||
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* 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2 | * 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2 | ||
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* Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name '''dBase Classic''' - MS Windows version still developed. | * Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name '''dBase Classic''' - MS Windows version still developed. | ||
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Revision as of 00:31, 30 July 2022
dBASE is a database management system developed by Ashton-Tate.
It became an industry standard in the early to mid 80s and the basis of the xBase language, but declined rapidly in the 90s when it could not keep up with the competition. In 1991 Ashton-Tate was sold to Borland International.
- Editor support
- Boxer - dBase support included by default
Versions
- dBASE III
- 1.0 (Jun 1984) - Rewritten in C, much improved functionality, but much slower than the assembly coded dBase II.
- 1.1 (1985)
- dBASE III Plus
- 1.0 (1985)
- 1.1 (1986) - Menu system à la Condor Database
- dBASE IV
- 1988: 1.0
- 1990: 1.1
- 1992: 1.5
- 1993: 2.0
- 1994 - dBASE 5.0 for DOS
- 2013 - dBASE Classic - Re-release of dBASE 5.0
- Macintosh
- 1987: dBASE Mac
- Windows
- 1994: Borland dBASE 5.0 for Windows
- 1995: Borland Visual dBASE 5.5
- 1997: Borland Visual dBASE 7
- 2013 - dBase Plus 8, 8.1
- 2014 - dBase Plus 9.1, 9.2, 9.5
- 2015 - dBase Plus 10, 10.1, 10.2
Licence and availability
- Commercial - OS/2 version discontinued - DOS version still sold and supported under the name dBase Classic - MS Windows version still developed.
- Author:
- C. Wayne Ratliff (Original CP/M port) Ashton-Tate
- Borland
- KSoft
- dBase LLC
Links
- dBase LLC - Current owners of the dBase codebase.
- The dBASE Developers Bulletin