I'm not saying this is the case with Inprise, er...I mean Borland,
but one of the oldest ploys in business, used primarily as a way of keeping
both stockholders and customers from jumping tracks, is to announce the
great saving buyout or injection of new funding, and then after awhile when
things have calmed down a bit, to announce the acceptance of a slightly less
viable solution such as Inprise, er...I mean Borland has now. ( I don't
know why I suddenly find myself confusing Borland with Inprise again! ).
By the way, no matter what else "wholly-owned subsidiary" means
legally, OR what the public expects it to mean, what it REALLY means is that
in the end, where it always counts, nothing has changed!
Of course there are obvious tax considerations to be had, but in the
final analysis this usually means that the subsidiary company is either held
as a write-off thus never getting the investment it requires, or it is
nurtured as the cash cow they know it can be until it actually becomes
self-sustaining, and then it is again written off. Either way the DevCo
dream bites the dust!
from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006
Proud to be a moderator of "The Delphi Lists" at elists.org
(["An unused program is the consequence of a higher logic!", nil]) As
written in The Compendium of Accepted Robotic and Surrlogic Theorems Used in
the Self Analysis of Elemental Positronic Pathways...1st Edition Revised
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Gies,Brad
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:52 AM
To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List
Subject: RE: Borland Forming CodeGear to Focus ExclusivelyonDeveloper
Productivity
Cosmin,
"wholly-owned subsidiary" means it's a separate company with it's own
president, and board of directors, and can act independently of Borland,
but Borland still owns it 100%, and can influence it's decisions by
appointing or changing some board members, and could ultimately force
any change they wanted, but it's not a direct line of command.
Sincerely,
Brad Gies
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Southfield, MI, USA
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If you get today's work done today, but do it in a way that you can't
possibly get tomorrow's work done tomorrow, then you lose.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cosmin Prund
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:42 AM
> To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Borland Forming CodeGear to Focus Exclusively onDeveloper
> Productivity
>
> He-hey! They have fine new web site too: http://www.codegear.com/
> (I really like the "syntax")
>
> For someone not very familiar with US business / corporate
terminology,
> what does "wholly-owned subsidiary" stand for? And how might old
Borland
> influence the newly born CodeGear in its future decisions?
>
> Thanks,
> Cosmin Prund
>
> Glenn Crouch wrote:
> > * Press Release: Borland forming CodeGear to focus exclusively on
> developer
> > productivity This press release announces CodeGear - formerly
Borland's
> > Developer Tools Group.
> > http://bdn.borland.com/article/33819
> >
> > * Letter to our customers, partners, and fans from Ben Smith, CEO
> CodeGear
> > This article contains a personal letter from Ben Smith, CodeGear's
CEO,
> to
> > our customers,
> > partners, and fans.
> > http://bdn.borland.com/article/33818
> >
> > * Borland forms CodeGear - FAQ
> > Answers to frequently asked questions about CodeGear, formerly
> Borland's
> > Developer
> > Tools Group
> > http://bdn.borland.com/article/33817
> >
> >
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