Cheap, high-affinity distribution that has never been touched. See docs/roadmap-v1.4-v1.5.md.
Why
The launch went to HN, r/retrocomputing and (scheduled) r/vintagecomputing — retro audiences, who receive this as nostalgia. But xBase never actually died, and those communities have never been told this exists:
- Harbour — an actively maintained open-source Clipper compiler. Raised unprompted on HN: "my company looked at Harbour (https://harbour.github.io/) as a 'quick way' to get some of our account payable systems onto the web" — nobleach
- Visual FoxPro diaspora — still shipping and maintaining real systems.
- r/foxpro, and the Clipper/xHarbour forums.
"FoxPro and Clipper next."
— ljosifov, HN
"I know someone still running their business from programs I wrote in Clipper for them when Clinton was president. They just begun their conversion to SQL about a month ago."
— blakester555, r/retrocomputing
These people didn't use xBase — they never stopped. They are the most qualified critics this project could have, and the ones most likely to say something useful about #73 and #74.
Scope
Cadence
Space these out. Do not blast them the same day; r/retrocomputing's rule 5 asks about repeat self-posting, and the subs share subscribers.
Cheap, high-affinity distribution that has never been touched. See
docs/roadmap-v1.4-v1.5.md.Why
The launch went to HN, r/retrocomputing and (scheduled) r/vintagecomputing — retro audiences, who receive this as nostalgia. But xBase never actually died, and those communities have never been told this exists:
These people didn't use xBase — they never stopped. They are the most qualified critics this project could have, and the ones most likely to say something useful about #73 and #74.
Scope
Cadence
Space these out. Do not blast them the same day; r/retrocomputing's rule 5 asks about repeat self-posting, and the subs share subscribers.