Message: 8
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:22:36 -0500
From: "Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...>
Subject: Re: Firebird & Delphi

Hi Ann, Hi all
I think it is best to be accurate.
BDE came before Interbase in Borland terms.

Borland acquired Interbase when they bought Ashton - Tate and Philip Kahn
described that purchase as the worst deal ever (I paraphrase - his actual
comments were stronger and I wish I'd kept the email :) )

After acquiring AT Borland faced mounting pressure from M$ and I feel they
made other mistakes (including paying insufficient attention to Interbase)
which eventually caused PK to move to other pastures.

>never thought much of InterBase - consider the design of BDE which could
>have been created specifically to cripple InterBase and subsequent
>interface attempts that serve to hide some of its most powerful
>Ann

Mick