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Paradox
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Paradox/DOS was a successful DOS-based database of the late eighties and early nineties. At that time, dBase and its xBase clones (Foxpro, Clipper programming language) dominated the market. Other notable competitors were Clarion, DataEase, R:Base, and Dataflex.
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In early 2006, Neil, leading Inverse Paradox, decided that after four years of working with such a large selection of clients on small short term projects, it was time that Inverse Paradox expanded into a full service business. He approached long time project collaborator, Melissa Levenduski, recognizing her as the most talented graphic designer he has worked with and requested her role as a partner in the development of Inverse Paradox as a company.
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Microsoft has created new Paradox and dBASE ISAM drivers for Microsoft Jet 4.0 that do not require the installation of the Borland Database Engine (BDE) to provide full read/write access to Paradox and dBASE files. The current Jet 4.0-based Paradox and dBase ISAM drivers that ship with Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) 2.1 and later, allow read-only access to Paradox and dBASE files unless the BDE is installed. The Jet 3.51 version of these ISAM drivers provides this functionality without the use of the BDE.
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In 2002 Inverse Paradox was born from the minds of two web-savvy individuals. The original goal was to mix diverse talents of young designers to produce websites for small businesses. Over the course of its first few years Inverse Paradox had many successful opportunities to produce websites which received a great deal of traffic and response. Although the group was not a company, many businesses found many advantages to working with the group, namely passion and dedication. These characteristics became the cornerstone to Inverse Paradox's principles.
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Both Paradox for Windows and Quattro Pro for Windows, a closely related project, started development using beta versions of Windows 3.0, in the spring of 1990. Paradox/Windows ended up delayed about a year beyond its original plan, shipping in early 1993. The reasons were many, but not entirely surprising for a major rewrite, in OO language with new tools, shifting to a GUI paradigm, on what was essentially a first version operating system. Still it was a big problem for the company and Microsoft managed to ship Access a couple of months ahead of Paradox for Windows, a major marketing win to Microsoft.
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Both Paradox and dBase files are accessed through Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) datasources. The Microsoft ODBC Driver uses the Jet database engine to load the appropriate ISAM driver, and then read the requested file. SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements are all performed through these ISAM drivers.
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