Depending on the market that you sell your software in, customers are often
interested in the language/tools used to develop the application. This is
certainly the case with our products and probably has to do with the
customers wanting to ensure that they invest in future-proof technology.
Further, (believe it or not) we often get negative feedback in the US when
customers find out that our products are not developed in MS Visual C++
(doesn't make technical sense of course). My fear, is that with this new
merger and it's focus on being a "Linux Powerhouse", this negative
perception will increase with regards to software developed for the Windows
platform.
My other fear is that the last venture by Borland into the Office products
market did not work. There is a distinct feeling of dij` vu here....
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilfred Verkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list DELphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Inprise/Borland is merging with Corel, and will be
called Corel f rom now on...
> Is this a good thing? The benefits of Linux aside, I dont really like the
> Idea of Borland/Delphi losing its MS-Windows focus.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Vrankovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2000 09:53
> To: Multiple recipients of list DELphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Inprise/Borland is merging with Corel, and will be
> called Corel f rom now on...
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>
> Goto http://www.borland.com/about/press/2000/inprise_corel.html for story.
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