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[David Breneman]

--- On Fri, 7/9/10, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:

> The whole point with dBase is that its *.dbf" files have
> become a standard format for data exchange. 

*The* standard format for spreadsheet data exchange is
the .csv file.  Any spreadsheet or database application
can import or (in the case of two-dimensional tables)
export data in that format.  Plus, it's plaintext so
it can usually be edited much easier than the data
in a spreadsheet can.