Where can I find or buy Paradox 9 or 10 or 11 ?

Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com> wrote:
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>On 1/22/2020 1:31 PM, Kirk Dickinson wrote:
>> I am wondering where people who used to use Paradox a lot have gone when

>> they moved on to other things? Access? Alpha Five? Delphi/Embarcadero?

>> .NET?
>> 
>> The day will come when I need to replace Paradox. I played with Delphi

>> back in the early 2000's and never could get very proficient in it so

>> haven't upgraded in years. It was still Borland when I bought my last

>> license.
>> 
>> I have a decent handle on ColdFusion and could completely redo all my

>> desktop stuff online with that, but CF is another dying platform.
>> 
>> I have a friend that keeps telling me that I need to learn Ruby, but I

>> probably need some type of RAD to get up and going faster.
>> 
>> I played with Alpha Five 10 years ago and I think given the time, I 
>> could have redone everything there. The new licensing is much more 
>> expensive now than it was then. I looked at Xojo and played with it a

>> little two years ago. That looked promising, but it is also very 
>> proprietary and there aren't many 3rd party plug-ins available.
>> 
>> My main need is a replacement for our Paradox Cattle Management program.

>> If I had a web app, our guys could enter information from their smart

>> phones are tablets and our records would be more up to date.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Kirk
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