>>>Years later, I was working as a consultant for Ashton Tate (didn't everyone - seems that way)and completed my project. This was the period when Ashton Tate had the suit against Fox, etc. They even sued the IEEE, and that is when the term xBase came into being.
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>>Hmm, I recently heard an anecdote from a guy that claims he coined 'XBase' in response to a letter from Ashton Tate demanding that he take the word 'DBase' out of the name of the conference he was organizing.
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>I'm with Thomas on this one. As I recall, the term came from the IEEE committee that was attempting to standardize the language. This was due to Ashton-Tate's legal pressure that dBase not be used as a generic term. I know a couple of people that were on the commitee and can verify this if needed.

Oh, I certainly believe you and Thomas- only wanted to relay that I heard someone else claim it.