Subject Re: dBase is a legacy software? From Lee Grant <camilee@nospam.comcast.net> Date Fri, 17 Feb 2023 16:24:12 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Eric, ChatGPT - according to Wikipedia info, >  Its uneven factual accuracy, however, was identified as a significant drawback.[3 > Limitations > > ChatGPT suffers from multiple limitations. OpenAI acknowledged that ChatGPT "sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers".[7] This behavior is common to large language models and is called artificial intelligence hallucination.[20] The reward model of ChatGPT, designed around human oversight, can be over-optimized and thus hinder performance, otherwise known as Goodhart's law.[21] So in other words, ChatGPT is delusional.  Case solved. :) Lee On 2/16/2023 3:03 PM, eric wu wrote: > see what ChatGPT answered my questions:  LOL > > is dbase a legacy software? > > Yes, dBASE can be considered a legacy software. > dBASE is a database management system and programming language that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. It was one of the earliest database management systems and played a significant role in the development of personal computing. However, its popularity declined in the 2000s as newer and more advanced database management systems were developed, such as MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. > While there are still some organizations that continue to use dBASE, its usage has become increasingly rare in recent years. Additionally, its development has largely ceased, and it is no longer a supported product. As a result, dBASE can be considered a legacy software. > > > > dBase is still supported by dbase llc it should not be called a legacy software > > You are correct that dBase, which is a database management system and programming language, is still being developed and supported by dBase LLC. The current version of dBase is dBASE PLUS 12, which was released in 2020, and it continues to receive updates and new features. > However, it's important to note that while dBase is still being actively developed and supported, it is not as widely used or as popular as it was in the past. The term "legacy software" typically refers to software that is no longer actively being developed, supported, or used by most people. > In the case of dBase, while it is still being supported and used by some organizations, its usage has become increasingly rare in recent years, especially compared to more modern database management systems like MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. Therefore, while dBase is still actively supported, it could still be considered a legacy software in the sense that its usage has declined significantly over time. >