OK, not what I wrote, but directly for the horses mouth (well, from Graham's, who is not really a horse :) ) Nic. 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. [ed note: this went to the ADUG list - I'll post anything similar to the NZDUG list as soon as I get it -Nic] 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
