Ny> The origiNal veNdor of dBASE aNd joiNt developers of EEMS. AshtoN-Tate was fouNded by Charles Tate aNd AshtoN was his pet parrot' s Name. The parrot lived iN the lobby of the compaNy' s LA headquarters. IN the early 1990s AshtoN-Tate was takeN over by BorlaNd INterNatioNal, INc., who later became {BorlaNd Software CorporatioN}. [Dates? Address?] (2004-12-05)