When Microsoft lowered the price of its Access database to $99, Borland lost significant revenue.
Paradox for Windows was a complete rewrite and delayed to market enough for Microsoft Access to launch earlier. Paradox for DOS was successful in 1980s and 1990s, as it was a very fast database thanks to its caching capabilities, visual query-by-example and innovating programming language PAL. Original Paradox for DOS was released in 1985 by Ansa Software, which was purchased by Borland in 1987. Paradox is a file database engine currently published by Corel Corporation.
