(from the Australian Delphi users group) > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 1999 9:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ADUG: The next step (for InterBase) > > > Dear all, > > In response to this email regarding InterBase and its future, > the management > at Inprise/Borland Australia & New Zealand would like to > inform all our > customers of the current official situation. > > I can confirm that the future of future versions of InterBase is under > discussion right now. I can confirm our complete, and > unwavering commitment > to InterBase 5.x (including the recently released InterBase > 5.6) both at an > international and local level. This includes technical > support & on-going > maintenance. > > I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that > locally and > around the globe, we have hundreds of thousands of customers, > resellers > corporations and other partners using InterBase. Our support > commitments to > those organisations both morally and legally bind us to support those > organisations for (in some cases) many years to come. > > By Thursday PM, we will know more information. I realise > that this is not > ideal, and that frustrations might exist; but I ask that you > please realise we > cannot announce anything officially until that time, and that > any other > information passed will be just innuendo and rumour. > > As soon as we know official information, I promise to post to > this list. > > best regards > Graham Porter > Marketing Director, Inprise Australia & New Zealand > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of Carl Reynolds > > > Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 1999 8:23 > > > To: ADUG (E-mail) > > > Subject: FW: ADUG: The next step > > > > > > > > > (from the NZ Delphi users group) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Tony Blomfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 1999 6:04 > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > > > > Subject: [DUG]: Fw: The next step > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Paul Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Wednesday, 22 December 1999 01:15 > > > > Subject: The next step > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >A brief recap: > > > > > > > > > >Last Friday several top managers of resigned from InterBase > > > > because they > > > > finally > > > > >accepted that they did not have the full (any?) support from > > > > Dale Fuller > > > > the > > > > >current managing director of Inprise. This is fact, not > > > > rumour. However, it > > > > >should be read as a major vote of no confidence in the man > > > > who currently > > > > runs > > > > >Inprise. > > > > > > > > > >Subsequently, an unofficial announcement has been made that > > > > Inprise are > > > > entirely > > > > >discontinuing the InterBase product line, although > they will honour > > > > existing > > > > >support agreements. A formal announcement is due, possibly > > > > on Thursday. > > > > > > > > > >Where we are now: > > > > > > > > > >This issue has hit the InterBase community particulary > hard. However, > > > > several > > > > >points should be born in mind. > > > > > > > > > >o InterBase contributes about 7.5% of the company turnover. > > > > > For some divisions of Inprise around the world the > contribution > > > > > is significantly higher. > > > > > > > > > >o InterBase is not one of the noddy development languages that > > > > > Borland has dropped in the past. It is a good fifteen years > > > > > old and is used by companies big and small, worldwide. > > > > > > > > > >o Aside from the immediate impact on Inprise sales > there will be > > > > > a major loss of credibility in Inprise. If they can > kill InterBase, > > > > > what else will they kill? > > > > > > > > > >o This issue is going to mark down the Inprise share price when > > > > > it is made public. It is not a good business decision. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The next step: > > > > > > > > > >Given that this issue affects more than just the future of > > > > InterBase I > > > > believe > > > > >there is only one thing we can do collectively. We need to > > > > contact the > > > > members > > > > >of the Inprise board. They are Dale Fuller's boss. David > > > > Intersimone et al > > > > can't > > > > >do anything. They are probably as worried about which way > > > > things are going > > > > to > > > > >break as the rest of us. There is a serious error of > > > > judgement over the > > > > handling > > > > >of InterBase that forces me to question the ability of the > > > > MD to run the > > > > company > > > > >effectively. > > > > > > > > > >There is a document available from the SEC that will have > > > > the board members > > > > >listed. I don't know the SEC web-site and I don't know if it > > > > is available > > > > >on-line, but hopefully together we can do something. Maybe > > > > someone in the > > > > States > > > > >who knows their way around US company law etc can help pull > > > > some names up. > > > > There > > > > >is also an Inprise stockholder who tried to sue Inprise a > > > > while back - > > > > maybe he > > > > >would like to know what is happening. > > > > > > > > > >And in the meantime, I have another trick up my > sleeve. More on that, > > > > later. > > > > > > > > > >Paul > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > >Paul Reeves > > > > >Fleet River Software > > > > > > > > > >************************************************************* > > > > *********** > > > > >* This message came from the list servers at > > > > http://www.mers.com * > > > > >* To remove yourself from the list: send an email to > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > > > >* in the body of the message put: unsubscribe INTERBASE > > > > * > > > > >* InterBase Search Engine > > > > http://www.mers.com/searchsite.html * > > > > >* InterBase FAQ http://www.mers.com/faqinterbase.html > > > > * > > > > >************************************************************* > > > > *********** > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------- > > > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz
