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   >>If Embarcadero removes the CodeGear brand, as they   
   >apparently claim ...<<   
      
   If they do that and considering how little they paid, their acquiring   
   technology   
   and engineers to further develop their own products not Codegear's.   
      
   -ta   
      
      
      
      
      
   "Rodney Wise"  wrote:   
   >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.   
   >   
   >   
   >--   
   > ...   
   >    `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·->  rodney   
   >   
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