Re: Ashton Tate going down?

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From: Jarett Chaiken
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1991 03:53

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In <8322@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:

>brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) writes:
>> there's a story about Ashton Tate going under because
>>of a look & feel lawsuit.  They're supposedly going to be bought out
>>by Borland, who already owns a large percentage of A-T stock.

>Yes, the _Boston Globe_ also ran that article.  I think it's a fait
>accompli:  dBase IV is going to fade into oblivion, as Paradox takes
>its place in the PC software market.  Of course, this isn't all
>that relevant to Gnu because the FSF isn't interested in DOS.  (It
>is probably interested in Unix-based PC software, which will hopefully
>proliferate someday soon.)
Well not really.  2 days ago Borland International bought Ashton-Tate for $440 Million in stock.  so Ashton-Tate is now Borland

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