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Borland: Interest, but no buyer for tools line
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...continuing the interview ...
IW: So, it looks as if the IDEs are about to cease development. Surely, you cannot leave BDS2006 in the state it is in at the moment? This all sounds like the death knell for Borland as a company. Why do marketing, sales and management eschelons always favour the break-up of companies they are involved in, rather than working hard to make them work?
Frieberg: It is because of the usual corporate kick-backs they all receive when a takeover happens.
IW: What happens to the technical expertise in the company involved?
Frieberg: They migrate, and leave gaping holes in the technical proficiency of the company.
IW: Has this now happened to Borland?
Frieberg: Yes, most definitely.
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I m a delphi developer and this is very much a kick in the guts, I don't believe for a second that "the communities are quite positive". Lots of applications and companies depend on what happens now.
I don't know what those guys at Borland are thinking but give me the choice to use their tools or someone Else's and I ll probably go for someone else preferably open source as you normally have community support and at least if everything goes wrong at least:
a)you didn't pay a fortune for the product
b) there is a chance that you can fix it or someone will have the same problem as you.
I m sure they need to move forward but It looks like they havent put much though about it.
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IW: What has been the reception to your SDO strategy, and what percentage of your revenues is coming from that?
Frieberg: Our SDO strategy maps to our ALM tool products, and I don't know the specific revenue percentage.
Frieberg is an idiot and should be fired! He is marketing VP and doesn't even know the numbers.
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I m a delphi developer and this is very much a kick in the guts, ...
I have learned Pascal using Turbo Pascal v3 on CP/M. I've used every version of Turbo Pascal, Borland Pascal and Delphi (up to 8) and I can tell for sure:
This *IS* a kick in the guts.
I can't believe how Borland managed to get into that position... Delphi is not an IDE. Do you hear that Borland? Delphi is a bloody good language that produces lightning fast Win32 programs rapidly! And you shouldn't have gone the .NET way either.
Open Source Delphi NOW!
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