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On 26 Oct 2024 05:53:02 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> Then there was the nightmare when I was tasked with extracting
> another division's data from FoxPro when we moved our bugs database
> to something a little more real and shot the fox.

Ah, FoxPro...VFP was the DBMS we used at my first real-world data-
munging job. I assume our head honcho (a real DIYer) had his reasons (I
think the terminal server we used - it was a call center handling
inbound telemarketing sales, real janky place - had native support for
it,) but even then it seemed like a weird choice.