Hanover Park, Illinois — March 30, 2010.

RemObjects Announces Changes in the Distribution of AnyDAC for Delphi.

Dear AnyDAC Customers,

today we are announcing that we have come to an agreement with Dmitry Arefiev, the original developer of AnyDAC, to take over marketing and sales of the the product, and make it available under his own corporate identity, DA-SOFT.

AnyDAC has always been and continues to be a high quality product that provides a great extension to our Data Abstract for Delphi, for users accessing a wide range of database systems. When we took on AnyDAC 2.0 under the RemObjects Software banner, we did so to make this excellent product available to a wider audience and introduce it to all our customers using Data Abstract for Delphi. We had also hoped that, over time, AnyDAC would become a more integral part of our product suite, and that the development team around Dmitry Arefiev would integrate with the team here at RemObjects, benefitting from the same software development processes and infrastructure that is building our other products.

For various reasons, the convergence of development teams and integration of AnyDAC into our product infrastructure never materialized, making our collaboration with the DA-SOFT team a pure marketing arrangement, where DA-SOFT developed the product and RemObjects Software sold it. This has been an arrangement that worked well, and AnyDAC has become a successful product, not in the least thanks to the outstanding development done by the team around Dmitry. But RemObjects Software, at heart, is a software development company, not a reseller, and we wanted to focus on our core competency – writing software. As such, we have come to a mutual agreement with Dmitry Arefiev that starting May 1, AnyDAC will be start shipping as a DA-SOFT product and loosen its ties with RemObjects Software.

We would like to state again that this decision has been a purely non-technical one, and is in no way a reflection on the quality of the product. We continue to recommend AnyDAC as a good choice of cross-database driver for Data Abstract for Delphi.

What Does this Mean for Existing Customers?

For existing RemObjects Software customers with a license for AnyDAC, or anyone who purchases a license of AnyDAC between now and May 1, there is very little that changes. You will continue to receive free updates to AnyDAC updates shipped for the remainder of your active subscription, either as usual through our customer portal or directly from DA-SOFT. You will also continue to receive free support for the duration of your active subscription, both via support@remobjects.com or (recommended) directly through DA-SOFT’s own support channels.

DA-SOFT will be keeping the same yearly subscription model that RemObjects Software has introduced, so after the expiration of your current subscription you will be entitled to renew your product, should you choose to do so, directly through DA-SOFT, at a price that will be no higher than our current renewal rate of $299/year.

If you have licenses for AnyDAC as part of a RemObjects Suite Subscription for Delphi, you will too continue to receive free updates for the remainder of your current subscription term. After this term ends, you will be entitled to renew your AnyDAC subscription separately, directly with DA-SOFT.

What Does this Mean for AnyDAC Integration with Data Abstract?

Our Data Abstract for Delphi team will continue to work with the developers at DA-SOFT to ensure current and future compatibility of the AnyDAC driver for Data Abstract, and to continue to enhance the driver to keep it one of the top choices for data access with Data Abstract. In essence, the AnyDAC driver will be handled much like any other of the dozen-or-so third party driver components we actively support with Data Abstract for Delphi.

What’s Next?

As an AnyDAC customer, there is no action required from you at this stage. In the next few weeks, you will receive an email from DA-SOFT with details on how to access your account, support and product downloads from them. For your convenience, new releases for the duration of your current subscription will also be made available on our Licensed Users download site.