<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
was	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
procedurally	B-Application
oriented	I-Application
programming	O
language	O
and	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
DBMS	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Fox	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
later	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
UNIX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
published	O
release	O
of	O
FoxPro	B-Application
was	O
2.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
continued	O
under	O
the	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
label	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
was	O
derived	O
from	O
FoxBase	B-Application
(	O
Fox	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
Perrysburg	O
,	O
Ohio	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
in	O
turn	O
derived	O
from	O
dBase	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
Ashton-Tate	O
)	O
and	O
dBase	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
dBase	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
program	O
written	O
by	O
Wayne	O
Ratliff	O
,	O
called	O
Vulcan	O
,	O
running	O
on	O
CP/M	B-Application
,	O
as	O
does	O
dBase	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
was	O
both	O
a	O
DBMS	O
and	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	O
)	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
extensively	O
supported	O
multiple	O
relationships	O
between	O
multiple	O
DBF	O
files	O
(	O
tables	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
lacked	O
transactional	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
after	O
they	O
acquired	O
Fox	B-Application
Software	I-Application
in	O
its	O
entirety	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
active	O
worldwide	O
community	O
of	O
FoxPro	B-Application
users	O
and	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	O
2.6	O
for	O
UNIX	B-Application
(	O
FPU26	O
)	O
has	O
even	O
been	O
successfully	O
installed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
using	O
the	O
Intel	B-Operating_System
Binary	I-Operating_System
Compatibility	I-Operating_System
Standard	I-Operating_System
(	O
ibcs2	B-Operating_System
)	O
support	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
2	I-Application
included	O
the	O
"	O
Rushmore	O
"	O
optimizing	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
indices	O
to	O
accelerate	O
data	O
retrieval	O
and	O
updating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FoxPro	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
built	O
on	O
Watcom	B-Application
C/C	I-Application
++	I-Application
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
DOS/4GW	B-Application
memory	I-Application
extender	I-Application
to	O
access	O
expanded	B-Device
and	O
extended	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
VERSION( )	O
returns	O
EXE	O
Size	O
EXE	O
Date	O
FPW	O
2.6a	O
FoxPro	O
2.6a	O
for	O
Windows	O
2,444	O
kb	O
28	O
September	O
1994	O
FPM	O
2.6a	O
FoxPro	O
2.6a	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
?	O
</s>
<s>
kb	O
August	O
1994	O
FPD	O
2.6a	O
FoxPro	O
2.6a	O
for	O
DOS	O
1,788	O
kb	O
August	O
1994	O
FPW	O
2.6	O
FoxPro	O
2.6	O
for	O
Windows	O
2.52	O
Mb	O
9	O
March	O
1994	O
FPM	O
2.6	O
FoxPro	O
2.6	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
?	O
</s>
