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From: nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (nathan engle)
Subject: Re: Lantastic
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.140823.1042@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Keywords: Lantastic, Network
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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 91 14:08:23 GMT
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In article <322@bdgltd.UUCP> ela@.UUCP (Ed Ackerman Programmer) writes:
>What you use as a database engine should dictate what network you should
>use. Novell has a very nice database (Btrieve) Applications that use it
>can go from single user to a network with very minor modifications.
>dBase III requires more work, and I cant comment on any others.

I inherited responsibility for an orphaned dBase III app that had been
compiled under Clipper 87. I spent about 3 days adding record locking to
6 programs; I guess it was a lot of work, but the results have been
better than expected. As a single-user application on an XT, this
critical database was almost never backed up. Now it's part of the
regular server backup.

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Ed Ackerman                               | It is impossible to make anything
>bdgltd!ela@dsi.com or ...!dsinc!bdgltd!ela|  foolproof beacause fools are  
>#include <StdDisclaimer>                  |           SO ingenious!
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                               Absolutely true.
Nathan Engle             Software Evangelist
Indiana University       Dept of Psychology
nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
