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" /> <ref name="PC Week"

== 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=dSTORY; how I really developed dBASE. (author of dBASE tells of the database management system's history)|journal=Data Based Advisor|volume=9|issue=3|page=93|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=A10480056&source=gale&srcprod=AONE&version=1.0|accessdate=21 December, 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="PC Week">{{cite journal|last=Moser|first=Karen D.|last2=Ould|first2=Andrew|year=1990|month=December 17|title=Court ruling turns table on A-T in dBASE battle. (Ashton-Tate's law suit against Fox Software Inc.)|journal=PC Week|volume=7|issue=50|page=1|publisher=Ziff Davis Enterprise|___location=New York, New York|issn=0740-1604|url=http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=AONE&docId=A9685703&source=gale&srcprod=AONE|accessdate=21 December, 2010}}</ref>

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