>>Craig;
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>>As I recall the IEEE (I was a member) suggested creating standards for dBase, and was sued by – you guessed it – Ashton-Tate. The xBase usage came into use but Ashton-Tate sued those parties using that term also.
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>Yep..AT said they owned the language. That's when xBase came into usage, primarily due to the standards committee wanting something that wasn't a product name.
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>>Enter Borland – they purchase Ashton-Tate, and interest in dBase standards diminishes, along with all Ashton-Tate lawsuits being dropped (a blessing to the industry). Who needs dBase when you have “The Fox”? :)
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>The government required the suit be dropped as part of their ok to the sale.

Was the government actually involved in that sale?... If so, do you know why?



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>>Tom