Re: Borland set to sell IDE business

Brian,

1) The majority of the current customers are Delphi Win32 users.

IMO this actually bodes very well for Delphi and profitability.

Might be on a short term, probably not as a long term investment.

I have no problem understanding why Borland "milked" Delphi in this stage of
Win32 software technology and finally decided to sell it. I do have a
problem though understanding how buying a "soon to be legacy" technology
could be profitable.

Regards,
Ole Willy Tuv


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