>Found it very interesting to know what you wrote: "Note there was never anyone named Ashton, it sounded better."
That is not technically correct. Ashton was a maccaw (parrot) that was the unofficial mascot of Ashton-Tate. I am not sure who it belonged to but I believe it was George Tate's.
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