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2006-02-13 09:47:59 PM
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So is it just me, or isn't is suspicious that Microsoft hired some really
good guys away from Borland and then one of their former employees (Tod
Nielsen) goes to work for Borland and comes up with the idea to get rid of
what's left of the development team?
Isn't that like squashing your competition?
Perhaps this has already been discussed because I haven't been following the
forum lately.
 

In article <43f08d27$XXXX@XXXXX.COM>, Mtiede writes:
can sell the rest to MS.
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mtiede writes:
however Borland without the IDE business would perfectly
fit on M$'s shopping list.
Martin
 

Martin Waldenburg writes:
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I'd agree with you if the ALM tools were just CaliberRM (since VS TS
has no requirements management). But I still think there's a little
too much overlap for comfort. What happens to StarTeam in such a
scenario? MS will still have to kill several overlapping products if
they were to do that.
But still, it is not as much of a stretch with the IDE tools
conveniently out of the way, and Tod making no bones about wanting to
work more inside VS.
Randy
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Tony Bryer writes:

Randy Magruder writes:
Navision accounting, so overlap is not unknown to them.
That said, I don't really think MS makes a lot of sense as a purchaser.
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Daniel Rail writes:
principle competitor before Microsoft bought both companies. As my
company resells Navision, I have a bit more familiarity with the
products than one would gain from reading a Microsoft product
description.
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"Martin Waldenburg" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>wrote
 

"Craig Stuntz [TeamB]" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM [a.k.a. acm.org]>wrote
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for the mid-size and larger businesses with more complex business processes.
And, Navision is for the mid-size and smaller businesses with somewhat
simple needs.
Daniel Rail
 

"David Farrell-Garcia" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
offer with VS2005 Team Suite.
Daniel Rail