> Borland, Microsoft tie .Net knot > > > By Martin LaMonica > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > January 27, 2003, 12:07 PM PT > > > Borland Software has licensed a key piece of Microsoft's .Net software and will >build a new line of programming tools for .Net later this year, the companies >announced Monday. > Borland expects to be the first company to license Microsoft's .Net Framework >Software Development Kit (SDK) and incorporate it into a product. The .Net Framework >SDK is a set of tools designed to make it quicker for programmers to write and run >.Net applications on Microsoft's Windows operating system. > > Microsoft uses the .Net name as a catchall marketing phrase to describe its products >for building and using Web services software. Web services applications adhere to a >set of standards for exchanging data between otherwise incompatible systems. > > The product that Borland intends to develop with the .Net Framework SDK will address >so-called application development life cycle capabilities, company representatives >said. Life cycle tools typically refer to applications that manage the life of a >software application--from planning through modeling, design, testing, installation >and maintenance. > > The goal of licensing and embedding Microsoft .Net software tools is to make >Borland's life cycle products more attractive to .Net developers, according to the >company. > > In October last year, Borland acquired TogetherSoft, which makes application >modeling and design tools. The forthcoming Borland product that incorporates the .Net >Framework SDK will be an enhancement to TogetherSoft's current .Net product, said >Simon Thornhill, vice president and general manager of Borland's rapid application >development business unit. The revamped TogetherSoft tools are scheduled for release >later this year. > > The joint announcement also seeks to demonstrate Borland's intention to remain an >independent provider of development tools for Microsoft's .Net program, Thornhill >said. "Companies working with .Net don't want a complete lock-in to Microsoft," he >said. The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based software maker also sells programming languages >and tools for the Java language. > > After IBM's announced acquisition of Rational Software in December, industry >analysts speculated that Microsoft might purchase Borland, in part to attain >Borland's application modeling tools. But a Borland acquisition could be problematic >because of the company's large investment in programming tools for the Java language, >which Microsoft's rivals favor, analysts said. When the Microsoft takeover rumors >began to circulate, Borland reiterated its desire to stay an independent company and >serve the both .Net and the Java developer communities. >
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