John,
>Actually, if my poor, tired brain is not misleading me, Ashton-Tate did at one point try to sue either Fox Software or Nantucket (Clipper) or both. Don't think anything came out of it, though.
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>>If we look at Fox's history, and compare FoxBASE to dBASE III, couldn't it be said that Fox "stole" the interface from dBASE?
They did sue, and as Craig has pointed out they had to drop the suit for the Borland deal to go through.
I remember we all asked ourselves why they would sue for a little dot in the lower left hand corner.. <g>
Best,
DD
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