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)