SQL Anywhere is also legacy tech, but so is MySQL 5.x and lots of other established stuff. Sybase SQL Server was a real contender for a long time and IIRC share

SQL Anywhere is also legacy tech, but so is MySQL 5.x and lots of other established stuff. Sybase SQL Server was a real contender for a long time and IIRC shares a lineage with Microsoft SQL Server. All the major SQL vendors maintain a huge legacy of design dead ends that they have to continue supporting because applications were built when they were the next big thing. I used this software in its prime back in ‘97 and it was quite clever. It had none of the problems of its main competitor, Microsoft Jet (Access). MSDE was still a few years away. Plus, it was cross platform, so us Microsoft haters could get behind it, even if we felt forced to develop for the MS platform.