From: NoSpamPlease-rodney@ars-florida.com   
      
   Borland... Inprise... Borland... CodeGear... Embarcadero... a RAD Software   
   Tool developing company, not a RAD Software Tool developing company... ???   
   What's up????   
      
   It all makes my head spin and it doesn't give me much faith at all in the   
   company (who ever they are at any moment) or any of its products.   
   Embarcadero would have made a much wiser decision if they would have   
   announced that they were keeping their newly acquired CodeGear division   
   operating under the "CodeGear" brand name.   
      
   RAD Software developing tools are used to produce complex solutions that may   
   takes several years to develop...  Most software developers also hope that   
   it will require many more years to support.    If the company providing the   
   tools which produce these solutions create a constant underlying fear and   
   erode their products confidence (as Borland or who ever they are, have) ...   
   then I can understand why developers would avoid using it and shop   
   elsewhere.   
      
   In my opinion, Borland has hurt itself severely by constantly trying to   
   "find itself"...  It's identity crisis has certainly driven many developers   
   away...  What ever happened to their Linux developing RAD tool which they   
   trumpeted about only a few years ago??  I think its name was Kylix or   
   something like that.   Developers don't want to partner with fickle   
   companies and Borland has certainly demonstrated that is suffers from a real   
   "who am I, where am I" crisis.   
      
   I think many Delphi developers were just starting to get comfortable with   
   the idea of having the Delphi product developed by a new 'division' named   
   "CodeGear" because it appeared that CodeGear was actually in many ways   
   disconnected from Borland and its historically proven dysfunctional   
   management...   If Embarcadero removes the CodeGear brand, as they   
   apparently claim ... they will certainly loose even more Delphi developers   
   who will be looking for something more solid to partner with....   And who   
   can blame them?  They've been beaten up enough.   
      
   I think Embarcadero means, "a port, or a place where ships are loaded and   
   unloaded" in Spanish...  Well, Delphi users certainly could use a "safe   
   harbor"... but they will need something familiar to "feel" secure.  Killing   
   the CodeGear brand name isn't a good start... it simply looks like Delphi is   
   being "unloaded" and its loyal users left in the storm.   
      
      
   Just my humble opinions.   
      
      
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