In the process the obtained SQL Anywhere (nee Watcom SQL) and Watcom C++. I don't know why, probably so they'd have a RAD platform to compete with Oracles forms products. Sybase, during one of its more feckless management period, puchased PowerBuilder. However, it wasn't really very key to their product strategy, it's just something they got with SQL Anywhere. PowerBuilder at one point threw Watcom SQL into some of their PowerBuilder configurations, and may have used parts of it in their native code generation. PowerBuilder needed a fairly robust database for the same reason Borland coupled Interbase with Delphi. Watcom was acquired by PowerBuilder as part of the deal which got them Sql Anywhere (pretty much comparable and competitive with Interbase that begat Firebird). Watcom C++ is something they ended up with by pure accident, and were wise to unload. They'd have to completely redefine the company and its businss model. Any chance of the DB going Open Source? Or is Sybase holding that too close?
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