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             ASHTON-TATE ANNOUNCES dBASE IV FOR SUN
   
SunFLASH Vol 21 #11					      September 1990 
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Anaheim, California -- September 10, 1990 -- Ashton-Tate
Corporation (NASDAQ:  TATE) today announced dBASE IV for Sun.  The
product is a full implementation of dBASE IV version 1.1 software,
which has been optimized for the SunOS operating system.  dBASE IV for
sun will be available in the fourth quarter of 1990 through authorized
resellers in the United States.  The product will be marketed and
supported worldwide by Ashton-Tate.

"We are excited about today's announcement and what it means to
both existing dBASE users and the UNIX community," said David Proctor,
vice president and general manager of Ashton-Tate's database division.
"For the first time, dBASE IV users can transparently port their
existing DOS-based dBASE applications to take advantage of the power
and sophistication of Sun workstations.  And, the UNIX community now
has the PC-level ease of use and 4GL productivity tools of dBASE IV
available on the leading UNIX-based workstations," Proctor explained.

"dBASE IV for Sun supports our strategy of promoting development
of industry-standard, shrink-wrapped UNIX software previously available
only to PC users," said Ed Zander, vice president, corporate marketing
at Sun Microsystems.  "The new software offers an easy-to-use language
and tool set, as well as the ability to port thousands of existing
dBASE applications for use in Sun's distributed workgroup computing
environment.  We anticipate phenomenal gains in resulting workgroup
productivity."

dBASE IV for Sun will run on all Sun systems including Sun-3,
Sun-4, Sun386i, SPARCstations and SPARCservers.  dBASE IV for Sun
requires the SunOS version 4.0 operating systems and a minimum of four
MB of memory.

Press Contact:
Whitney Greer (415) 336-0598

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