I worked for the gov late in the 80s and can vouch that FoxPro has been in use since FoxBASE ~1987. This is where I started using dBase III+ then Fox.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grigore Dolghin Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 4:13 To: [email protected] Subject: I just found that census bureau uses FoxPro The shape files information is actually stored in a flat DBF file. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2010/tgrshp2010.html --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

