Re: Yet Another Arnold Article

Larry Drews wrote:

> I don't disagree with you at all. My post was prompted by what
> seemed to be the attitude that Borland should have some other reason
> than shareholder value for its decisions and actions.

Unreasonable attitudes? Here? Surely not ;-)

> You and I use
> Borland products only as long as it is profitable to us. Borland
> will produce Delphi only as long as it is the most profitable
> strategy for them. Everything else is hot air.

Exactly. My business requirement is for Delphi to continue to be the
best all-purpose development tool around, to maximise my investment in
my code base. I am starting to think that this is no longer a goal for
Borland - or at least that their definition of best is predicated on
their vision of SDO.

I have had over 10 years' good value from Borland. If our best
interests no longer coincide, then fair enough. Good luck to both of us.


> I know this is probably boringly obvious to you, but then you would
> seem to be in a minority of posters in this newsgroup.

I'll take that as a compliment, if you don't mind :-)

Regards,

Ian
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