Re: Yet Another Arnold Article

At 22:21:11, 30.08.2005, Angra Mainyu wrote:

> Arnold said that since both the tools business and middleware lines are
> profitable, they help to fund research and development in the
> faster-growing ALM and SDO spaces. However he noted that if the company
> received an offer for either of those businesses, he and the board
> would be obliged to consider them in line with their usual fiduciary
> duties and responsibilities.
>
> If there was any doubt before, this should put the tools business into
> play.

>From the same author:

http://www.cbronline.com/blog.asp?show=cbr/2005/07/opportunitistic.html

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If Borland were to jettison its IDE and middleware lines, it would go
from having a good selection of SOA products to being a niche modelling
vendor. Niche modelling vendors like Rational and Popkin have already
been acquired because they found life just a little too niche, and fellow
modelling player Telelogic has been rapidly broadening its portfolio in
order to avoid the same trap. History does not support the notion that it
is best to concentrate exclusively on modelling - even if you choose to
call it ALM.
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