Xref: utzoo news.groups:5463 comp.databases:1418 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!bbn!husc6!amcad!stech!sysop From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.databases Subject: Re: NEWSGROUP PROPOSAL: COMP.DATABASES.DBASE Message-ID: <667@stech.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 88 10:45:22 GMT References: <335@telly.UUCP> Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass. Lines: 33 in article <335@telly.UUCP>, evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch) says: > > In article <2272@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>, regoli@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (michael regoli) writes: >> >> i'm curious in seeing if there is any interest in creating a subgroup of >> comp.databases for discussion about ashton tate's dbase product, dbase, >> for the microcomputer. >> >> i hereby open the floor for discussion... can we vote? or, would >> a mailing list be more appropriate? > > > I would certainly vote against it, and urge others to do likewise. I agree that there isn't enough interest to create a newsgroup just for dBase, even though dBase IV is soon to appear. A mailing list would indeed be more appropriate. (p.s., I just got the pre-release edition of dBase IV. It is a very complex product, but the SQL implementation looks good. I'm afraid to say any more, since I don't know exactly what I'm allowed to disclose at this point.) Jan Harrington, sysop Scholastech Telecommunications UUCP: husc6!amcad!stech!sysop or allegra!stech!sysop BITNET: JHARRY@BENTLEY ******************************************************************************** Miscellaneous profundity: "No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai ********************************************************************************