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From: awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Judge reverses ruling
Keywords: dBASE IV, Ashton-Tate
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.160831.9828@dbase.A-T.COM>
Date: 24 Apr 91 16:08:31 GMT
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Inc.
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Judge Hatter reversed himself yesterday and ruled that Ashton-Tate's
copyright on dBASE is not invalid and that our suit against Fox can
therefore continue.  Our CEO, Bill Lyons (the guy who took over from
the guy who brought you dBASE IV 1.0 before its time and who sued
Fox in the first place) is quoted in the Wall Street Journal to
the effect that we should now settle with Fox and get on with competing
in the marketplace, not the courts.

In the particular mudville which Ashton-Tate occupies, there is joy.
Hope no one minds me using a little of the bandwidth to share it.

/alastair/

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