Del Yocam left the company because he was driving it into the ground. There was no "protest". His $40,000 couch was in the hall after he left as a symbol.
MS "invested" is Borland as a settlement to a lawsuit. It wasn't a willing transaction, and they only have non-voting stock.
David Intersimone and John Kaster of Borland Developer Relations have repeatedly and strongly stressed that Windows development will continue and that it is key to their business plan. They say Linux is "additive". Windows products are the bulk of their revenues. Why would they give that up?
In order to receive maximum support and exposure, and to ensure that the most Borland folks see this, consider posting this on one of the public newsgroups, probably forums.borland.com/borland.public.delphi.non-techn ical
Everyone seems to think this is the scenario (or maybe I am just a bit dull....) -- Fuller says Interbase stinks, Interbase folks decide toresign in protest, Borland searches desperately for a face-saving move, and goes open source with Interbase.
How about this alternate universe? Fuller loves Interbase, but knows it won't beat Oracle, etc. in the conventional market and margins are kind of thin anyway. He wants to move into the Linux space. What better way to do that than open source Interbase, getting it out there with all the Linux folks, be the first to do it, make sure it stays tightly integrated with all Borland tools and use it as an in to the Linux development market which is sure to boom and in which Borland will be supreme. The decision to go open source is unpalatable to the Interbase leaders and developers, and they resign,feeling unappreciated (Open source?!? Why should I give my baby up to open source?!?). Thus, the resignations are an effect, not the cause of the decision to move Interbase to open source.
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No, MS never saw any code.
Note that he resigned on February 6, before the Board even voted on the merger.
MS "invested" is Borland as a settlement to a lawsuit. It wasn't a willing transaction, and they only have non-voting stock.
Thank Goodness.
David Intersimone and John Kaster of Borland Developer Relations have repeatedly and strongly stressed that Windows development will continue and that it is key to their business plan. They say Linux is "additive". Windows products are the bulk of their revenues. Why would they give that up?
The Borland folks have repeatedly stated that the Kylix project will not be specific to any distribution. They have said this even since the merger.
In order to receive maximum support and exposure, and to ensure that the most Borland folks see this, consider posting this on one of the public newsgroups, probably forums.borland.com/borland.public.delphi.non-techn ical
Everyone seems to think this is the scenario (or maybe I am just a bit dull....) -- Fuller says Interbase stinks, Interbase folks decide toresign in protest, Borland searches desperately for a face-saving move, and goes open source with Interbase.
How about this alternate universe? Fuller loves Interbase, but knows it won't beat Oracle, etc. in the conventional market and margins are kind of thin anyway. He wants to move into the Linux space. What better way to do that than open source Interbase, getting it out there with all the Linux folks, be the first to do it, make sure it stays tightly integrated with all Borland tools and use it as an in to the Linux development
market which is sure to boom and in which Borland will be supreme. The decision to go open source is unpalatable to the Interbase leaders and developers, and they resign,feeling unappreciated (Open source?!? Why should I give my baby up to open source?!?). Thus, the resignations are an effect, not the cause of the decision to move Interbase to open source.
Remember, this is not just a Linux release -- Interbase works on Solaris and Windows, among others.