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From: pew@cs.brown.edu (Peter E. Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Judge reverses ruling
Keywords: dBASE IV, Ashton-Tate
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Date: 25 Apr 91 20:41:46 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.160831.9828@dbase.A-T.COM>
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In article <1991Apr24.160831.9828@dbase.A-T.COM>, awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas) writes:
|> 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/

Well, if you're going to gloat, I'll shoot back.

It would be nice if you guys just admitted that Fox's software is FAR
superior to yours, stopped marketing dBase, and endorsed Fox Software
as the new standard in the industry.  Granted, it would cost you guys
a little money, but it would make the world of database development a
better place :).

    Peter

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