[DUG] Borland breakup demanded

[Paul A Norman]

If you read the Borland team leader's quotes (Troy Klukewich, Manager,
Product Documentation, Borland Software) on the Delphi Documentation
newsgroup borland.public.delphi.documentation, you get the impression
that things aren't getting funded any way ...

E.g.  "Resources are limited, but if we know exactly what topics
customers want, we can focus our attention wisely."


On 7/29/05, Stefan Mueller <muellers at orcl-toolbox.com> wrote:
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> But then I would prefer it the other way around – Delphi stays with Borland
> and all the other stuff goes under a new company name ... Borland has always
> been and should stay a brand name for software compilers and IDE's. Giving
> Delphi a new company branding would kill it as nobody percept it as a
> serious and supported development platform anymore.
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> Stefan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On
> Behalf Of Kyley Harris
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
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> Subject: Re: [DUG] Borland breakup demanded
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> Subject: Re: [DUG] Borland breakup demanded
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> Actually, I think its a great idea. I would rate all the problems found in
> the current version of delphi as being lack of focus. Trying to make delphi
> into a wrapper for all the other spin off products instead of keeping delphi
> as delphi. A delphi only company would be good for the ide and the language.
> 
> Stefan Mueller wrote: Did any of you read the latest twist in this break up
> story?
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050727/daw029.html?.v=16
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> .... I believe that Borland can maximize the value of the Delphi and the
> Deploy (Visibroker, Borland Application Server and related software) product
> groups by spinning them off or selling them as soon as possible ....
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> ouch .. I don't like the sound of that one ...
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> Regards,
> Stefan Mueller
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On
> Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:35 AM
> To: Paul A Norman; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: RE: [DUG] Borland breakup demanded
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> I don't care they breakup or not.
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> I just want two points here.
>  
> Delphi really should offer 64bit compile. And I would like continue
> development of Kylix.
>  
> Regards
> Leigh
> http://www.salenz.com
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]On Behalf Of Paul A
> Norman
> Sent: Saturday, 23 July 2005 1:35 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: [DUG] Borland breakup demanded
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> Posted this to Off Topic, but felt it belonged here:
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> Any one in Borland Australasia up with the play with the following yet?
>  
> From:  http://uk.builder.com/0,39026540,39257625,00.htm
> Borland breakup demanded
> Martin LaMonica, 20 July 2005
> CNET News.com
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> A former Borland board member wants the company split along
> development tool lines and is developing a plan to make it happen
> Robert Coates, a shareholder and former board member of Borland, has
> said that he will submit a plan to spin off some product lines in
> order to "restore Borland's market value". In a statement issued on
> Wednesday, Coates said he is developing a plan to break off Borland's
> different development tool product units as separate companies to
> better serve customers. "This will also allow Borland to deliver
> dependable and sustainable growth in revenues and earnings from a core
> set of products," Coates said in the statement.
>  
> Once a large player in the development tools business, Borland is
> facing increasing competition from open source alternatives and larger
> companies, notably IBM and Microsoft. The company's chief executive,
> Dale Fuller, resigned earlier this month when Borland said its
> second-quarter loss would be larger than expected. The forthcoming
> plan by Coates is one of several actions he has taken. In May, he
> issued a statement calling on shareholders to play a more active role
> in shaking up Borland's management. And in late 2003, he submitted a
> proxy resolution to have Borland board members elected annually by
> shareholders.
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