I work for a wholly owned subsidiary (of ACC, a government agency). There is a HUGE difference between being a subsidiary and being a department. To say that "nothing has changed" is incorrect.
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Thank you." > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Meek > Sent: Friday, 17 November 2006 3:49 a.m. > To: 'Delphi-Talk Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Borland Forming CodeGear to > FocusExclusivelyonDeveloper Productivity > > 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----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > ------------------------------------- > NLM Software > Southfield, MI, USA > ------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > ' This e-mail or communication, including any attachments, is > intended only= for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confident= ial and/or legally > privileged material. 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