Microsoft, Sybase, Ashton-Tate Partnership

Name: Microsoft, Sybase, Ashton-Tate Partnership
Start: 1987-03-01
Location: Redmond, Washington, USA & Emeryville, California, USA

Microsoft, Sybase, and Ashton-Tate announced a strategic alliance to bring Sybase's relational database to OS/2, with Microsoft handling the OS/2 port and Ashton-Tate managing marketing and sales.

Significance

This partnership marked Microsoft's initial foray into the relational database market, leveraging existing technology rather than building from scratch. It was a clear signal of Microsoft's ambition to become a major player in enterprise software.

Key facts

Date: 1987-03-01
Type: collaboration
Location: Redmond, Washington, USA & Emeryville, California, USA