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Wouldn’t it cost less than $100k to fix the project to use any commodity SQL database (presumably over ODBC)?

Or are we talking about an unsalvageable 4GL system that had its last update 15 years ago that does everything (storage engine, OLTP, forms UI framework, security, and reports)?




Close. Running 2009 version of a commercial DB that does everything with no cheap upgrade path.


It’s Progress or FoxPro, right?




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