Chronicles Revisited Podcast 9 — They're Still a One-Product Company
During the early seasons of Computer Chronicles, Ashton-Tate was one of the Big Three business software companies together with Microsoft and Lotus Development Corporation. Ashton-Tate made its name with dBase II, a database application that quickly became the gold standard in its field. Unfortunately, Ashton-Tate never managed to grow its success beyond its core product, so when later versions of dBase failed to meet customer expectations, the company declined into irrelevancy.
- Computer Chronicles Revisited, Part 43 – Trip Hawkins, John Merson, Ben Anixter, and Richard O’Brien
- Computer Chronicles Revisited, Part 88 – Double Helix, PFS Professional Write, and R:BASE
- Computer Chronicles #302 – Slowdown in Silicon Valley : Part 2
- Computer Chronicles #430 – Business Applications: Part 4
- Edward M. Esber, Jr. – Personal Website
- Ashton-Tate Corp. v. Fox Software, Inc. (1991)
- ‘30 Years Ago: The Rise, Fall and Survival of Ashton-Tate’s dBase’ (eWeek, 2013)
- dBase, LLC
- Podcast Music: ‘Scenic Detour’ by Melody Ayres-Griffiths