eWeek: Microsoft Does Open-Source and FoxPro a Real Favor | Linux Today

eWeek: Microsoft Does Open-Source and FoxPro a Real Favor

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Mar 22, 2007

“Microsoft, yes Microsoft, will soon be doing open-source
developers a real favor. The software giant has decided to
open-source the core portions of the Visual FoxPro DBMS (database
management system) software to its CodePlex community development
site.

“At the same time, Microsoft has announced that it will no
longer be making new versions of the FoxPro DBMS…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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