Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System: Difference between revisions

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The '''Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System''' (or '''JPLDIS''') is a file management program written in [[Fortran|FORTRAN]].

JPLDIS is important because it was the inspiration and precursor to [[dBASE]], arguably one of the most influential [[Database management system|DBMS]] programs for early microcomputers.<ref name="data based advisor" />

== History ==

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<ref name="foxpro"> [http://www.foxprohistory.org/ashton_sues_fox.htm The History of FoxPro - Ashton-Tate vs Fox Software]</ref>

<ref name="data based advisor">{{cite journal|last=Hawkins|first=John L.|year=1991|month=March|title=JPLDIS:dSTORY; Thehow firstI really developed dBASE?. (aauthor court decision findsof dBASE hadtells its origins inof the JPLDISdatabase public-___domainmanagement mainframesystem's programhistory)|journal=Data Based Advisor|volume=9|issue=3|page=9293|publisher=Advisor Publications, Inc.|issn=1090-6436|url=http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=AONE&docId=A10480052A10480056&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&version=1.0|accessdate=21 December, 2010}}</ref>

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