I just had a thought about reasons what MSFT bought Fox Software. I've never heard before this reason before, but...

What if MSFT bought Fox Software (March, 92) was "just in case"? The precursor to Access had been dumped and Access was under development but hadn't yet been released (Nov. 92).


>I respectfully disagree. MSFT was locked in a fierce battle with Borland over the dBase market and they threw everything they had at it. Calvin Hsia? Eric Rudder. who was one of about 5 guys who reported directly to Bill Gates? They were very serious about it.