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Borland Acquires OptimizeIt

Posted by michael on from the selling-out dept.

nwetters writes: "VMGEAR, the producers of the OptimizeIt suite of Java profiling tools, have sold out to Borland. Press release here. "Because performance assurance is becoming an integral step in the development of Java enterprise applications, selling the OptimizeIt products with JBuilder makes great sense for Java developers.""

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  1. As a Borland developer... by delphi125 · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... albeit using Delphi :) ... 1. I hope that this is a good addition to JBuilder and makes life easier for developers using it; 2. Would like to see a profiler (officially) back in Delphi. Turbo Profiler seems never to have been made 32 bit; 3. Can recommend the (free and open source) GpProfile by Primoz Gabrijelcic, even if it is instrumenting (i.e. modifies the source code).

  2. Sold out?? More like made a good ROI... by jbuilder · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I use JBuilder every day. JBuilder 6 is excellent. The integrated test harness (thanks to JUnit), UML, and refactoring tools make all tiers of development MUCH more productive. And EJB development is a breeze in JBuilder. Remote debug facilities have always been top-notch as well.

    But where is Borland to go now? As I see it, two areas they need to focus on (just my opinion):

    - Improve/Revamp the visual designers (they haven't overhauled this in at least two major releases.

    - Provide profiling and memory monitoring tools as part of the IDE.

    Now thanks to their investment in OptimizeIT we'll see that (hopefully) with the next release.

    Good investment on Borland's part and good move on the part of the OptimizeIT staff and crew. Sold out? More like 'everyone wins'.

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