How far can alpha Go

[JetLi]

Windows 8 is already out, beta i think? Will Alpha five still be compatible with the new release of Windows?

[Bill Griffin]

Re: How far can alpha Go

Since they have been around since DOS days and have supported every OS since, why would you think it would not be supported?

[JetLi]

Re: How far can alpha Go

Sorry never knew it exist during the 90's, Just asking because, It's only now that i have discovered Alpha Five, all those years that alpha exist i never came across it, I wish a discovered it early, now i'm learning it and have appreciated it's power and simplicity.

[Steve Wood]

Re: How far can alpha Go

As far as you want Alpha To Go.

[Bill Griffin]

Re: How far can alpha Go

Sorry never knew it exist during the 90's, Just asking because, It's only now that i have discovered Alpha Five, all those years that alpha exist i never came across it, I wish a discovered it early, now i'm learning it and have appreciated it's power and simplicity.

I believe they are coming up on their 30th year, probably around longer than many of their customers.

[Jerry Hartness]

Re: How far can alpha Go

As far as you want Alpha To Go.

I bet you've been waiting for that for a long time. LOL

Jerry

[Ray in Capetown]

Re: How far can alpha Go

Question maybe is rather how far would Microsoft go if they messed with standard APIs and registries and whodnod with a new release of Windows. Every programmer of existing software would be in the same poo.

[DaveM]

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Sorry never knew it exist during the 90's

Make that the 1980's. I bought my first copy in 1989(I think) and it was not the first version at all. I think it was alpha 3 and they had something else before that.

[Jerry Hartness]

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Dave, Seems like I got my first copy in 1988 (v3). I can remember they had help files available by fax. You called a number, enter the help file nbr and it would be faxed. Later, I think this was Alpha, they had their first forum on Compuserve. Getting to old to remember that far back, this forum only list members join date back to 2000, but there are some that have been on here for many years before that.

Jerry

[MikeC]

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Have read that Alpha started in 1982.

[Bill Griffin]

Re: How far can alpha Go

Everytime you open Alpha it is right there on the Copyright notice, hence the 30th year comment above. 30 years is a great run and it looks like there is a long way to go to the end of the road.

[DaveM]

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I can remember they had help files available by fax

When I bought my first copy, it came with 3(I think) books(may have been four. All of their functions were listed, a book on how to, quick start, etc. Maybe it was prior to 1989. I know where I was working when I ordered it out of a magazine. I needed some special reports made from a clipper app(also on dbf) and wanted to make a payroll app. I made the app and sold it to a lot of businesses. Made it too good, because there are a couple people still using it.

Those were the days.

[SNusa]

Re: How far can alpha Go

When I bought my first copy, it came with 3(I think) books(may have been four. All of their functions were listed, a book on how to, quick start, etc. Maybe it was prior to 1989. I know where I was working when I ordered it out of a magazine. I needed some special reports made from a clipper app(also on dbf) and wanted to make a payroll app. I made the app and sold it to a lot of businesses. Made it too good, because there are a couple people still using it.

Those were the days.

WOW! "Hope they updated their payroll tax tables!"

I had Alpha 4 on floppies. Never knew there was anything prior. Alpha 5, Alpha 4, Alpha 3, Alpha 2, Alpha 1, Alpha-Beta and Alpha-Alpha???? (If there's ever an Alpha 6, I bet it will be in 64bit though.)

Seriously, the software keeps growing, and it's already well beyond the point of "giving the casual user nose-bleeds." The downside is, the more powerful it becomes, the more complicated it has become to use. At some point this will become self defeating....

(Unless of course Alpha becomes capable of generating code using something similar to Apple's "Siri!")
~ Imagine a world where you think, Alpha listens, and then writes the code to do whatever you imagine!