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I don't remember this history -- Borland bought Ansa Paradox in 1987. Microsoft had no desktop database product then. It bought FoxPro in 1992 and Access was r

by wenc 6y ago

I don't remember this history -- Borland bought Ansa Paradox in 1987. Microsoft had no desktop database product then. It bought FoxPro in 1992 and Access was released in 1992. Lotus also had no desktop database product then. Lotus bought Approach in 1994. The dominant desktop database products of the time were dBASE/xBASE (Clipper, FoxPro etc.). Which database products from MS/Lotus were you thinking of?

tibbydudeza 6y ago
Recall their Sprint word processor and Quattro Pro , part of their demise was stepping out of the niche compiler market into more mainstream office market.