From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   Hello fellow Paradox users and enthusiasts!   
      
   Someone please help me because I have been trying to sort this out as to   
   what is in store for the future of Paradox and if there is any hope of it   
   being upgraded and improved upon and bug fixed.   
      
   Corel owns Paradox, but they don't own the BDE, and that is the heart of   
   Paradox.  In my understanding that is why Corel has not or not been able   
   to improve upon Paradox.  That and the fact that it would be a very expensive   
   endeavor for them, in a market that is already owned by MS Access, it almost   
   seems like a no-win situation for them, despite the dedicated legions who   
   haunt newsgroups like this.   
      
   Now if I understand correctly, the BDE has even been deprecated by   
   Borland/Codegear   
   in favor of a new engine called DbExpress.   
      
   Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the   
   future of BDE/Paradox?  Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have   
   their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned?  Will they sell BDE to Corel?   
    Does Corel even want it?  Will they open the doors to Corel to work with   
   and improve BDE?   
      
   Maybe at some point they will open source the BDE.. could you imagine?  That   
   might be the answer to Paradox's woes.   
      
   I apologize in advance if any of my info/conjecturing is less than 100%   
   accurate.   
    That's why I'm posting here, to get feedback and clarification from others   
   who might know more.   
      
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