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Borland Releases Kylix 2

Posted by Hemos on from the we-can-make-it-better-faster-newer dept.

Tal Cohen writes "Borland Kylix 2 is now available. Most new features are geared at Enterprise-level developers; the Open edition is still available for free download. The CLX (cross-platform component library) is covered under both GNU and Borland's license." The new features list is interesting - a fair number of buzzwords, but it also looks like they are supporting a lot of the new stuff. The white papers have some interesting topics - including gcc vs. Kylix.

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  1. Delphi? by rbeattie · · Score: 2, Flamebait


    Why doesn't Borland just call this thing Delphi for Linux?

    Notice it doesn't ever say WHAT language it uses on the website? I wonder how many developers downloaded this thing and then said, "What? I have to program in Pascal?!?!"

    -Russ

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    Me
  2. Borland again... by CMBurns · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    One thing Borland really mastered is to sell inferior products at insane prices.

    Just take a look at JBuilder: In v.3.x the debugger was next to unusable, and they knew there was a problem. Once we met some of Borland's consultants and they basically stated "yes we know that version was crap, but the problems will go away if you buy v.4". Well it turned out that all of my Borland griefs were solved by a simple uninstall followed by an installation of Forte.

    To sum it up: I don't really believe Borland is able to put out stable, useful versions of their products. Furthermore, Kylix is a Pascal rehash, and (for my tastes) lightyears behind modern technology.

    Hoogla Boogla