From: info@sundialservices.com   
      
   Larry DiGiovanni wrote:   
   > 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...   
      
   Whatever that means.   
      
   >> 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?   
      
   Don't laugh too loudly here:  web-applications are turning out to be   
   horribly expensive to produce on intranets.  RAD works, and as RAD tools   
   go, Paradox works extremely well.  I think that someone who focuses on the   
   suite of Developer/RAD tools that Borland once had ... the tools that once   
   defined(!) Borland ... might easily outperform the "I don't know what I   
   wanna be when I grow up" -thing- that Borland has lately become.   
      
   >> 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?   
      
   That's a good way of putting it, Larry.  I think that Borland has been its   
   own worst enemy for a dozen years.  Maybe the Embarcadero investors will be   
   a godsend.  Especially if they reconsider the "sleeping beauty" business   
   value of You-Know-What.   
      
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