[ASalazarMX]

I can attest xBase (dBase, Clipper, etc.) were BIG in Latin America. It was a combination of running flawlessly in limited hardware, a full-stack development environment (before that was a thing), and ease of installation. It was decades ahead of its time.

Its pinnacle was Fox Pro LAN, at which point Microsoft embraced (bought), extended (Visual Fox Pro), and extinguished it. Microsoft didn't randomly gain a reputation for being evil, it thoroughly earned that.

[kstrauser]

That jibes with my understanding, based purely on anecdotes from users. It seemed like there was an entire, thriving community south of me who Microsoft completely abandoned.

[shiroiushi]

They should have simply migrated, at their own great expense, to Microsoft SQL Server. /s

Anyway, this should be a good lesson for anyone thinking about using Microsoft technologies.

[kstrauser]

I personally know a shop that was halfway through a migration from VFP to a Django web app. After a key person left, they tossed it and moved to, and I can't believe I'm saying this, VB.NET. I wanted to shake them: "have you learned nothing?"