<s>
DataEase	B-Application
is	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
tool	O
for	O
developing	O
relationally-organized	O
,	O
data-intensive	O
software	O
applications	O
for	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
by	O
software	O
developers	O
Arun	O
Gupta	O
and	O
Joseph	O
Busch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
distinct	O
product	O
arcs	O
in	O
DataEase	B-Application
's	O
history	O
:	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
and	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
called	O
Datamaster	B-Application
,	O
DataEase	B-Application
's	O
early	O
hallmark	O
was	O
the	O
ease	O
with	O
which	O
non-programmers	O
found	O
they	O
could	O
rapidly	O
develop	O
useful	O
software	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
's	O
design	O
emphasized	O
the	O
visual	O
design	O
of	O
screen	O
forms	O
and	O
reports	O
while	O
hiding	O
almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
arcane	O
details	O
such	O
as	O
properties	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
data	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
simply	O
defined	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
desired	O
data	O
using	O
a	O
simple	O
procedural	O
language	O
known	O
as	O
DataEase	B-Application
Query	O
Language	O
(	O
DQL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prompting	O
script	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
permitted	O
any	O
user	O
to	O
instantly	O
create	O
DQL	O
script	O
with	O
no	O
prior	O
knowledge	O
of	O
DQL	O
syntax	O
,	O
remains	O
one	O
of	O
DataEase	B-Application
's	O
most	O
overlooked	O
and	O
beneficial	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
simplified	O
definition	O
of	O
data	O
forms	O
,	O
reports	O
and	O
procedures	O
,	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
provided	O
facilities	O
for	O
defining	O
an	O
application	O
's	O
user	O
access	O
,	O
navigational	O
menus	O
,	O
multi-format	O
importing	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
,	O
data	O
exporting	O
,	O
data	O
backup	O
and	O
restoration	O
,	O
system	O
documentation	O
and	O
user	O
help	O
,	O
backing	O
up	O
and	O
restoring	O
data	O
and	O
integrating	O
external	O
programs	O
into	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
applications	O
provided	O
record-level	O
locking	O
meaning	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
simultaneously	O
by	O
many	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
gained	O
an	O
eclectic	O
following	O
among	O
application	O
developers	O
and	O
those	O
responsible	O
for	O
managing	O
proprietary	O
business	O
processes	O
in	O
the	O
corporate	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataEase	B-Application
Resource	O
Guide	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
DataEase	B-Application
International	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
lists	O
approximately	O
two	O
hundred	O
commercially	O
available	O
applications	O
spanning	O
specialized	O
domains	O
from	O
Waste	O
Management	O
to	O
Law	O
Enforcement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indeed	O
,	O
many	O
corporate	O
users	O
deployed	O
business-critical	O
applications	O
using	O
DataEase	B-Application
including	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
NASA	O
,	O
Ford	O
Motor	O
Co.	O
,	O
Citimortgage	O
(	O
FKA	O
Lomas	O
Financial	O
Corporation	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
American	O
Automobile	O
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
was	O
distributed	O
worldwide	O
and	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
Sapphire	O
International	O
,	O
peaked	O
at	O
an	O
installed	O
base	O
of	O
approximately	O
2	O
million	O
seats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Sapphire	O
ceased	O
distribution	O
of	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
a	O
significant	O
number	O
of	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
applications	O
remained	O
in	O
active	O
use	O
worldwide	O
as	O
of	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
was	O
recognized	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
prestigious	O
industry	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
(	O
DFW	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
rapid	O
application	O
development	O
tool	O
for	O
constructing	O
Windows	O
database	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
abandoned	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
intuitive	O
features	O
of	O
its	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
ancestor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
product	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
positioned	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
technical	O
programmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
belief	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
soon	O
all	O
data	O
would	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
SQL-based	O
client-server	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
DataEase	B-Application
itself	O
would	O
evolve	O
into	O
a	O
SQL	O
development	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
follow	O
up	O
to	O
DataEase	B-Application
Express	O
,	O
which	O
lacked	O
the	O
DQL	O
procedural	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
incorporated	O
both	O
an	O
automated	O
migration	O
tool	O
(	O
from	O
DE	O
DOS	O
4.53	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
directly	O
acquire	O
tables	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
DFD5	O
,	O
many	O
long-time	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
users	O
found	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
break	O
out	O
from	O
the	O
hierarchical	O
CUI	O
paradigm	O
and	O
make	O
best	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
tools	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
 '	O
acceptance	O
by	O
existing	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
users	O
was	O
therefore	O
significantly	O
hindered	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
who	O
delayed	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
move	O
and	O
instead	O
upgraded	O
to	O
more	O
recent	O
DOS	O
versions	O
found	O
that	O
while	O
they	O
could	O
share	O
data	O
with	O
Windows	O
versions	O
,	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
full	O
Windows	O
application	O
,	O
forms	O
and	O
report	O
layouts	O
all	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
re-created	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
DFW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
difficulty	O
and	O
the	O
considerable	O
expense	O
posed	O
by	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
re-writing	O
their	O
applications	O
forced	O
many	O
otherwise-satisfied	O
DataEase	B-Application
users	O
to	O
reconsider	O
their	O
choice	O
of	O
the	O
DataEase	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
new	O
users	O
of	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
with	O
no	O
previous	O
experience	O
found	O
it	O
an	O
effective	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
important	O
systems	O
were	O
written	O
using	O
it	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
DataEase	B-Application
version	O
7	O
(	O
2006	O
)	O
interoperability	O
has	O
been	O
abandoned	O
as	O
being	O
too	O
restrictive	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
's	O
development	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
'	O
Windows	O
citizen	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
a	O
new	O
DataEase	B-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
appointed	O
under	O
the	O
leadership	O
of	O
Ulrik	O
Krohn	O
to	O
take	O
DataEase	B-Application
into	O
a	O
new	O
era	O
which	O
will	O
eventually	O
culminate	O
in	O
a	O
completely	O
web	O
based	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
7.2	O
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
7.2	O
also	O
marked	O
the	O
time	O
when	O
DataEase	B-Application
International	O
Ltd	O
.	O
became	O
once	O
again	O
an	O
independent	O
product	O
company	O
solely	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
product	O
and	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
services	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Sapphire	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
7.3	O
is	O
scheduled	O
for	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
and	O
DataEase	B-Application
8	O
promises	O
to	O
be	O
to	O
the	O
Web	O
community	O
what	O
DataEase	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
was	O
to	O
the	O
character	O
based	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
DataEase	B-Application
since	O
DOS	O
with	O
improved	O
and	O
interactive	O
DQL/OML/BRL	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DataEase	B-Application
8	O
will	O
make	O
it	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
make	O
transaction	O
intensive	O
,	O
advanced	O
,	O
Web-based	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
