The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Ashton-Tate Corporation

    The original vendor of dBASE and joint developers
   of EEMS.  Ashton-Tate was founded by Charles Tate and Ashton
   was his pet parrot's name.  The parrot lived in the lobby of
   the company's LA headquarters.

   In the early 1990s Ashton-Tate was taken over by Borland
   International, Inc., who later became Borland Software
   Corporation.

   [Dates?  Address?]

   (2004-12-05)