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From: louis@auvax.UUCP (Louis Schmittroth)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Ashton Tate's on the net! (was Re: Free Text in a Database)
Summary: Ashton Tate suit of Fox stinks
Message-ID: <854@auvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 89 01:57:32 GMT
References: <1509@murdu.OZ> <1@dbase.UUCP> <488@telly.UUCP>
Organization: Athabasca U., Alberta, Canada
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In article <488@telly.UUCP>, evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
: to you my feelings on Ashton Tate's legal assault on Fox Software. I
: beileve this action is nothing less than odious, and tells the world
: that dBASE can't beat Fox with a superior product, so they're trying
: to beat Fox in court. Doesn't speak much for the company's faith that
: dBASE IV can knock Fox out of the market on technical merits alone.

I want to echo this sentiment.  It is clear that the language is public
domain, and that Ashton Tate should be boycotted. 

I intend to sell FoxBase over dBASE IV as a reaction to this suit.

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Louis Schmittroth, Computer Science, Athabasca University
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