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Later this year a new spreadsheet battle will rage among key players Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., and Borland International Inc. -- this time over access to remote databases.
Although Lotus will support Microsoft's Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) -- building an ODBC bridge to compatible back ends that will ship in 1-2-3 for Windows 2.0 in the first half of this year -- Lotus will continue to tout DataLens, its old standby for connecting to back-end databases.
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 2.0 will include DataLens drivers for Paradox, SQL Server, IBM's OS/2 DB2, and Informix when it ships. Shortly afterward, Lotus will complete drivers for Oracle, RDB, …