ANTs Software Inc. (fka ANTS)

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Arggghhh!!! Every time I think about our history, and look at the blog it makes me crazy wondering how such a sure thing(obviously nothing in this world resembles that) could go so wrong.

Your postings about the ADS made me think of where I'd seen the connection to the ACS. Here it is.

https://www.google.com/search?q=database+migration&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#q=database+migration&hl=en&client=safari&tbo=d&ei=QtmZUJ7lNZKBrQHPpICAAw&start=20&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=ead2cf42b29267e8&bpcl=37643589&biw=1024&bih=672

And the pertinent paragraph.

"As part of the multi-million dollar agreement, employees working on the ADS will join Four Js and current ADS customers will receive support from Four Js. Under the terms of the purchase, ANTs retains fifty percent of license and maintenance revenue from its reseller agreement with IBM® to supply the US Navy DDG1000 Destroyer program for a period of four years. ANTs will also retain unrestricted license rights to key ADS technologies that are utilized in the ANTs Compatibility Server."

Unrestricted license rights to key ADS technologies that are utilized in the ANTS Compatibility Server. That line is what makes me wonder if some of Sullivan's intellectual property is utilized in the ACS. And it kinda jibes with what you were thinking. Sullivan or no, maybe something they had developed sparked an insight into how to go about developing database emulation software. At the very least, something got re-used.