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Friday, February 17, 2006 Borland has released a trial version of the Borland Developer Studio 2006. It's a 30-day trial of the Architect Edition and it can be downloaded from the Borland web site. posted by Kirby | February 17 09:50 AM | comments (1)
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 The blogosphere is buzzing with the latest Borland news, and one common theme is "Who keeps the Borland name and branding?" It looks like the Borland name will stay with the ALM company while the development tools will be branded under the new company.
My first reaction to this was that the development tools should keep the Borland name. After all, most people in the development community associate the Borland name with the development tools such as Delphi and JBuilder. But after thinking about this a bit longer I'm starting to favor a new name. Brand X Delphi might spark new interest in people who have given up on the Borland name. posted by Kirby | February 8 12:18 PM | comments (0)
eWeek.com reports Borland to Divest Dev Tools with Segue Buyout. This is definitely not a move I expected from Borland's new CEO Tod Nielsen. Borland made the announcement yesterday saying it plans to seek a buyer for the Borland IDE product lines, which include Delphi, C++ Builder, C# Builder, JBuilder, InterBase, Kylix, and more.
Although I didn't expect it, I think it is a good move. Borland's focus the last couple of years has been on its ALM business, which is no interest to me. The idea that a new spin-off company will be created that will focus on development tools such as Delphi sounds like the right move to me. And I was happy to read that David Intersimone, aka David I, will be joining the new dev tool company. posted by Kirby | February 8 11:25 AM | comments (0)
Friday, February 03, 2006 Although this blog posting is on the art of bootstrapping, I think it is also a good set of commandments for small software companies. posted by Kirby | February 3 08:41 AM | comments (2)
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