From: CDB4W@NOSPAM.bigpond.com   
      
   "RickM"  wrote in message   
   news:482766d9$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Don't hold your breath !!!   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Correct.   
      
   > 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?   
      
   What it means is the (hopefully) the BDE will be completely ignored and thus   
   unchanged !!!   
      
      
   > Maybe at some point they will open source the BDE.. could you imagine?   
   > That   
   > might be the answer to Paradox's woes.   
      
   This will not happen in my lifetime - they use the excuse that it contains   
   proprietry code but IMO if they are still using concepts that old then they   
   need to give it all away.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   IMO the BDE is frozen in time. This is a good thing because it means it is a   
   known quantity and we can mess around with it (slightly). The downside is   
   that at some point the BDE may stop working but I strongly doubt it until   
   many many years into the future and perhaps it might take computers   
   migrating away from 32 Bit into a 64 Bit only world (with no backwards   
   compatibility) for it to totally fail. After tweaking and hacking away at   
   it, I am happy to say the BDE runs find under Windows Vista.   
      
   Paradox For Windows on the other hand is a slight more worrisome. I cannot   
   comment too much as my experience is way too old to be valid, but reading   
   some of the posts here, it appears that Paradox still has some issues under   
   Windows Vista, others will no doubt let you know.   
      
   Rgds   
   Leslie.   
      
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