dBase
Developed by: Ashton-Tate
Launched: 1979
Innovation: The great advantage of this system was that it allowed a record to be searched in a database by a key instead of sequentially or directly, as was the case in programming languages like BASIC. It had its own language (predating SQL) and was capable of allowing multiple people to share and edit the same database on a local network.
Launched: 1979
Innovation: The great advantage of this system was that it allowed a record to be searched in a database by a key instead of sequentially or directly, as was the case in programming languages like BASIC. It had its own language (predating SQL) and was capable of allowing multiple people to share and edit the same database on a local network.
dBase was the first widely used database management system for microcomputers.
Its first versions were for the CP/M operating system, and later for the Apple II, Apple Macintosh, UNIX, VMS,1, and IBM PC systems under DOS.
The dBase III version was widely used on office computers running DOS, serving as the basis for many businesses as a management system through custom software development.
