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SQL Anywhere History

Wondering what the current official name of SQL Anywhere is?
ASA (Adaptive Server Anywhere)? iAnywhere? SQL Anywhere? Watcom SQL? Was there a version 14 or 15?

SQL Anywhere History

Here is a little recap of the product history:

  • 1992: Initially published as "Watcom SQL" (version 3) by Watcom
  • 1993: PowerSoft took over Watcom
  • 1995: Sybase bought PowerSoft and renamed the product "SQL Anywhere" (Version 4)
  • 1998: Renamed "Adaptive Server Anywhere" (Version 6)
  • 2005: Renamed "SQL Anywhere" (Version 10)
  • 2008: Version 11 released
  • 2010: SAP acquired Sybase - Version 12 released
  • 2013: Version 16 released
    Version 13 and 14 were skipped for cultural reasons (13 is bad luck in US and 14 in China). Fifteen was also dropped because Sybase wanted to align several product versions with 16, so SQL Anywhere directly jumped from 12 to 16.
  • 2015: Version 17 released
  • 2016: "Standard" and "Workgroup" disappeared. Per CPU licenses replaced by Core.