Re: Delphi 8 vs Visual studio

From: John Kaster (Borland) (johnk_at_borland.com)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: 9 Jun 2004 12:30:17 -0700

TObject in <40c738ec$1@newsgroups.borland.com> wrote:

> Borland is chasing some birds in the sky

Uh ... those birds are PAYING for Borland products.

> I don't need Borland to make a requirements management
> software or a source control system.

Actually, you do, and should.

> If I want one, I can buy
> one from somebody else, and it's ok if it doesn't say "Borland"
> on the box. I do however care if Borland makes
> Delphi, and I expect that Delphi be darn good, as usual.

If you really do care about Delphi, you should hope for great success
for our other products. Delphi will not succeed by itself, with most of
the world requiring excellent ALM solutions from within their IDE.

FWIW, your response feels very similar to the ones I used to read (long
before my Borland employment) from people saying things like "RAD? We
don't need RAD to be productive!" 

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