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Borland Divests IDEs to Focus on ALM

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the change-of-pace dept.

ShinyBrowncoat writes "Borland recently announced they are putting their IDE business up for sale (JBuilder, Delphi, etc.)." This move comes at the same time Borland announced they would be aggressively pushing forward with their Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) business by purchasing Segue Software Inc.

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  1. Re:Oh Great!... by Directrix1 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Let me go ahead and plug a couple projects for the disillusioned masses reading this:
    Free Delphi Alternative:
    Lazarus
    Free C++ IDEs:
    Anjuta, Code::Blocks, KDevelop (works with other langs too I believe)
    Free Python IDE:
    Stani's Python Editor
    Free Visual Basic Alternative:
    Gambas
    Free Java (and others) IDE:
    Eclipse

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  2. Re:Oh Great!... by NavySpy · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think you are missing the point here totally. Borland is /selling/ Delphi and the rest of the tools, to a new company, preferably a company for whom these products would be /the/ focus. Presumably as well, this means that you'll stop seeing the DoubleSpeak that you get from Borland.

    This is /good/ news for people that want the "Old" Borland back.

  3. Re:Take a little insider info on this... by Anthony+Boyd · · Score: 4, Informative

    I worked at Borland during the time in question, and what you describe is not what I saw first hand. But maybe you know Anders personally, and have better info. It just clashes with what I saw.

    For example, Anders did not quit and call Microsoft. Microsoft recruited him while he was still employed at Borland. In fact, they sent a limo to pick him up right at the Borland entrance. And how badly did he want to leave Borland? So not badly that when Microsoft offered him a cool million, he asked Borland to match (not beat) the offer, so he could stay.

    It was only when Borland execs rejected the idea of any developer being worth a million that he bailed.

    Also, while I can't say what Anders thought of Delphi, I can say that the "Delphi for Java" text you put in quotes sounds an awful lot like how he described what he was going to do at his new job, not what he asked of Borland.

    As an aside, one bit of data that was clear almost immediately was that everyone -- except for 2 or 3 execs -- thought that losing Anders was awful. It wasn't one of those decisions where, looking back months or years later, you realized it was wrong. It was instantaneous. The decision was made, and every VP and Director I knew said, "Terrible move! Over a lousy million!"

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