[typh00n]

Not kidding, my dad still uses dBase databases in his five-man company to this day. (non-IT company) I even re-wrote some of his programs in C# 10 years ago, so he can use some of them with a modern GUI, but not replacing the database to stay compatible with his original software and tools.

I was surprised that databases are contained in *.dbf files, and no real database-service is present to process database-calls.

[eropple]

At the time, and depending on the OS...where would the service be? ;)

[typh00n]

I think i do not understand the question ... it is a little warehouse if that is your question. :-)

[fomine3]

MS-DOS doesn't support service(daemon) program so it's natural that local db file can be used directly from application.