Lotus Approach
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Lotus Approach is a relational database management system
included in IBM's Lotus SmartSuite
for Microsoft Windows
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Start-up company Approach was first formed in 1991, won over 30 awards the first year, including "best of show" at Comdex. Considered the first "end-user relational database
" that didn't introduce yet-another-file-format, which was new thinking at the time.
Sold to Lotus in 1994, then Lotus was purchased by IBM
.
Database management system
A database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
included in IBM's Lotus SmartSuite
Lotus SmartSuite
SmartSuite is an office suite from Lotus Software. The company made versions of its office suite for IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows.-Status:SmartSuite is in maintenance mode, and supported with fixes and fixpacks on Windows 2000 and Windows XP...
for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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Start-up company Approach was first formed in 1991, won over 30 awards the first year, including "best of show" at Comdex. Considered the first "end-user relational database
Relational database
A relational database is a database that conforms to relational model theory. The software used in a relational database is called a relational database management system . Colloquial use of the term "relational database" may refer to the RDBMS software, or the relational database itself...
" that didn't introduce yet-another-file-format, which was new thinking at the time.
Sold to Lotus in 1994, then Lotus was purchased by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
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