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Article #578Re: How to destroy Microsoft with Delphi ??? and a Little OT as well
From: MikeB
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:01
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:01
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>>Agreed... most of what I do in Delphi are small non visual utilities to work >>with RBase (rdbms) and VB is not very well suited to the limited API. Since >>the GUI was completely rewritten in Delphi (beta was in 2001), it made >>expanding usability with Delphi DLLs and Plugins a must. Incidentally, If you want to take a look at the respectable job the folks at RBTI have done at using Delphi for the GUI to RBase, there is an Eval copy available here: http://www.rupdates.com/evaluation/ .. Yeah, you have to fill out a request form..Sorry. and the History of the RDBMS here... http://www.rbase.com/history/ For the uninitiated, RBase was probably the first True relational database created. It was created at Boeing Aircraft to track engineering data and parts list for the Space Shuttle and then ported to the PC world by one of its programmers, Wayne Erickson, who remains an active programmer today on the engine of the DB...
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