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Why Builder and Kylix was discontinued2004-08-02 04:09:38 PM cppbuilder8 Here is my paranoid explanation: For many years Borland added value to the Windows platform. Microsoft supported Borland by not giving away Visual Studio for free. Then one day Borland offered a way to reuse all the VCL applications and the existing know-how under Linux - a sensation. This happened while Linux is about to gain desktop market shares, and Microsoft is building Longhorn, the ultimative world domination software. So Microsoft politely asked Borland to stop the native product line VCL/CLX. Why should Borland agree? Because VS could be distributed for free and maybe there were also hidden incentives. Microsoft never attempted to be very ethical to achiev business goals. This is the paranoid explanation of a man who is trying to understand why Borland ruined the investment of people who supported the company for so many years. The native product line is not profitable anymore? Fine, it would be in the best interest of Borland to release discontinued products as open source because the majority of customers who crashed against the wall are not going to touch Borland tools again. However this is not going to happen either. What do you think? A case for SEC and the antitrust division or paranoid fantasies? Regards Roland Wolf |