>Hi Albert ----
>
>>>>They acquired Access, SQL Server, C from another companys as well.
>>>Albert,
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>>>SQL Server and C yes, Access was devleoped by Micorsoft.
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>>The first release was microsoft, but the underlying database technology was a buyout.
>
>No it wasn't. Access evolved from a much bigger PC-RDBMS project that was scrapped about the time that Fox Software was acquired but centered around the Jet database engine.

but didn't that technology come from a buyout?