If you already have XBase applications written and they work well for you, there is no need to rewrite these, there is no need to throw away something that works well, is proven and is business-critical. You will find XBase applications running major Banking, Logistics, and POS applications all around the world. It's often used for developing small to medium-size database systems, but that's not the whole story. XBase is a general-purpose database programming language. I will not dwell on the "Bait and switch" in this article, but will in the future discuss this in an article of its own, as it merits a longer discussion. This should be a major concern to all organizations. If we as developers were to jump on each and every bandwagon that was raved about in the press and on the web, we would never complete any projects. The IT landscape has been fed with many "Bait and switch" tools, languages, and other technologies for as long as I can remember. The ability of the application to perform or respond to user requests quickly and reliably is of paramount importance to the survival of any organization. It is these applications that can make or break a company. Yes "Applications", not languages, operating systems, development tools or database systems. Contrary to what we are all led to believe by the computing press, hype and the mighty marketing dollars of the large software companies it is "Applications" that drive the use of IT in companies of all sizes.
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