Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5. (Software Review) (Microsoft Corp. relational database) (Evaluation)
Macworld, April, 1994 by Seiter, Charles
Pros: Greatly improved interface and reporting; fast data-table searching; cross-platform compatibility. Cons: Serious use requires programming background. Company: Microsoft Corporation (206/882-8080). List price: $495.
MW Rating ****
FoxPro for Macintosh 2.5 is dazzlingly fast and easy to use, both for developers and entry-level users. It's the most serious challenge to ACI US's 4th Dimension yet to appear.
FoxBase had no serious competitors among Mac relational databases for quick searching and sorting. At the FoxBase command-programming level, the product was recognizably dBase, a product that antedates not just the Macintosh but DOS itself. As a result, FoxBase featured a user interface that wasn't as Mac-like as in Helix Technologies'...
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