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FoxPro History
FoxPro had a short but glorious life. Released in 1989 as an alternative to dBase III+, it was the 3rd generation in a series of products written by Dave Fulton, a professor at Bowling Green State University. His first two creations (FoxBASE and FoxBASE+) were written to "embrace and extend" <g> the technology incorporated within Ashton-Tate's dBase product. They succeeded beyond everyone's wildest dreams. Fox software didn't just push dBase to the limits, it redefined those limits, and it left all other xBase programs in the dust. The following timeline shows the basic milestones in FoxPro's rise to the top. |
| Dec 1984 | FoxBASE | Written by Dave Fulton and Bill Ferguson The functionality of dBase II at the speed of a fox. |
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| Jun 1986 | FoxBASE+ | An affordable, reliable, and faster alternative
for distributing dBase III apps. |
| Sep 1988 | :^( | Ashton-Tate sues Fox Software |
| Sep 1989 | FoxPro 1.0 | Goodbye dBase dot-prompt
Hello FoxPro command window |
| Jul 1991 | FoxPro 2.0 |
Rushmore optimization, SQL, Wizards, Project Manager, compound indexes (more 2.0 info) |
| Jun 1992 | MS FoxPro 2.0 | Microsoft acquires Fox Software for
1.36 million shares of MSFT stock ($173M) |
| Jan 1993 | FoxPro 2.5 | First Windows version of FoxPro Distribution kit available for creating Windows EXEs |
| Jun 1993 | FoxPro 2.5a | International language support (and multi-line Wait Windows) |
| Sep 1993 | FoxPro 2.5b | Added Greek, Polish, Icelandic, & Czech support |
| Mar 1994 | FoxPro 2.6 |
Better dBase compatibility (over 50 commands enhanced for dBase) Catalog Manager, more Wizards, true Null support |
| Aug 1994 | FoxPro 2.6a |
A highly recommended bug-fix upgrade also reduces 3MB "ESL" file to 2.1MB |
| 1995 | - | Dave Fulton retires from Microsoft |
| Sep 1998 | Patch 2.6a | Microsoft releases Divide by Zero patch for FPW 2.6a |
| Jul 1999 | FoxPro 2.x | Microsoft discontinues all support for FoxPro 2.x |
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