From: nospam@nospam   
      
   Rodney Wise wrote:   
      
   > What's up????   
      
   Uh, Borland spun off its developer tools division as CodeGear for the   
   expressly stated purpose of selling it off, because Borland wanted to focus   
   on lifecycle management tools, not developer/RAD tools.  Your rant is two   
   years late.   
      
   The Embarcadero acquisition is probably a good thing for the CodeGear tools.   
      
   > RAD Software developing tools are used to produce complex solutions that   
   > may takes several years to develop...   
      
   Really?  Then why call it Rapid Application Development?   
      
   > Most software developers also hope that it will require many more years   
   > to support.   
      
   Software of any value requires years of support.   
      
   > In my opinion, Borland has hurt itself severely by constantly trying to   
   > "find itself"...   
      
   Borland's ongoing identity crisis can no longer harm users of its   
   development products.  Isn't that a good thing, setting aside the damage   
   already done?   
      
   --   
   Larry DiGiovanni   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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