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What Happened to Ashton-Tate? The dBASE Software Giant That Once Ruled PC Databases

Ashton-Tate was once one of the biggest names in PC software, with dBASE dominating the database market throughout the 1980s. This video explores how the company rose so quickly, the decisions and competition that weakened its position, and how one of the giants of early personal computing eventually disappeared.

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Ashton-Tate was once one of the biggest names in PC software, with dBASE dominating the database market throughout the 1980s. This video explores how the company rose so quickly, the decisions and competition that weakened its position, and how one of the giants of early personal computing eventually disappeared.

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