Thanks for clarifying that, Paul. Finally, a situation where M$
didn't try to kill off something that might've competed with its own.

--- In IBDI@y..., Paul Reeves <paul@f...> wrote:
> > 1) Did Microsoft's $125-million investment (June 1999) have
anything
> > to do with Borland divesting itself of Interbase?
> >
>
> Probably not directly. The InterBase debacle was a bean counter
thing.
> Just making a profit wasn't considered good enough.