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From: awd@dbase.a-t.com (Alastair Dallas)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Wanted: dBaseIV to EXE compiler
Summary: Ashton-Tate Professional Compiler
Message-ID: <1991May9.191925.21853@dbase.a-t.com>
Date: 9 May 91 19:19:25 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.231335.4051@ducvax.auburn.edu> <41962@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Inc.
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In article <41962@cup.portal.com>, FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) writes:
> I believe Ashton-Tate would like such a product also!  What??!?  They're
> working on one?  And it's almost finished?  Shipping in two weeks??!?
> 
> :-)
> 
> Dana Bourgeois @ cup.portal.com

I understand the :-), but I don't want anyone to be confused.  Yes, we
are working on such a compiler, but we have not announced a ship date.
Going to beta test is usually an indicator that first customer ship is
at least six weeks away, and I imagine you'll hear in the press when
we take the compiler to beta.  "Almost finished" is a good description,
but I'm not being coy about the ship date--it's a ways off.  (Of course,
I don't work on the compiler so I'm not privvy.)

"No software before its time."  

/alastair/

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