It was widely praised for its comprehensible illustrations and documentation, making it easy for beginners to quickly get the hang of the software. The first version of Paradox was released in 1985 by developers Richard Schwartz and Robert Shostak. Corel Paradox was launched in 1997 and was eventually integrated into the WordPerfect Office Suite. Later, Borland bought Ansa Software and released the program as “Borland Paradox” for Windows in 1992.
Corel Paradox is a relational database management system that was originally created as an MS-DOS program by Ansa Software.