[ubuntu-in] Foxpro 2.5 or similar software for linux

[Rohit V Bhute]

Rajib Biswas wrote:
> Just found a Wikipedia entry here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxPro_2
> which says that Foxpro had been ported to Unix and subsequently to 
> Linux. It may serve my purpose. Can anbody shed more light on it? Where 
> can I download Foxpro for Unix and/or Linux?

The only link which had a chance of shedding more light - reference 1 - 
<http://www.at-vantage.com/fpu26_freebsd.html> - returned a 404.

This is a common query. Linux does not aim to provide win32 software 
clones. It is more of "whatever you can do on windows, can be done on 
Linux"; not "whatever software you use on windows, can be used on 
Linux". That applies to office suites, media playback, programming 
tools, etc.

If you want   to run 'Foxpro' on Linux, I think learning SQLite and 
ncurses will be a good option. Or you can use any of the GUI toolkits 
for making the Foxpro screens. The resulting project will be superior to 
Foxpro.

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Rohit V. Bhute
http://blog.rvbhute.org