Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!gatech!bloom-beacon!think!ames!oliveb!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What ever happened to DBase Mac? Message-ID: <23740@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 14:01:43 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23740 Posted: Fri Jul 17 14:01:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 16:47:04 EDT References: <3475@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) Organization: Fictional Reality, uLtd Lines: 18 Keywords: Ashton-Tate database 4th-Dimension Acius >Late last summer I saw a demo at SDMUG by someone from Ashton-Tate of DBase >Mac. At that time, they were predicting a January '87 release. What ever >happened to this product? I thought it looked pretty slick; Does anyone know >how it compares to Silv...(oops) 4th-Dimension? Is that what happened? Did >they get caught in the same battle with Acius as the word processor people did >this winter? Well, according to rumors I've had AT has had internal problems and staff turnover, and the earliest the product might show up would be september. I've also heard November rumored. As to competitiveness with 4D, all reports say that 4D blow it out of the water. oh, well. chuq Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ We live and learn, but not the wiser grow -- John Pomfret (1667-1703)