AT one point I figured that they bought Fox because of Rushmore - and
that it was faster than other PC Database system at the time - and that
they then used that Tech and implemented it into things like Access. But
- again - this is purely a guess...
-K-
On 5/19/2014 11:29 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
As I've said before, MS bought Fox for some very specific reasons, which
they are unlikely to ever blatently state in public, but it's very likely
those motives involved competition, Borland, Ashton-Tate, and talent
acquisition far more than whether or not VFP ran on the latest Macintosh..
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