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      <description><![CDATA[This is a lot too close to the M$ empire!]]></description>
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	 (Leslie Kaye)
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      <description><![CDATA[Whats with so many pictures of Bill G? I think everyone recognizes him. ]]></description>
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	 (Craven Weasel)
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      <dc:date>2004-06-15T11:55:06-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[Velko IltchevLecturer on “Compiler Construction” and “Object-oriented Programming”Department of Computer Systems, Technical University PlovdivSt. Petersburg blvd. 61a, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, EuropeTel.: 00359-32-627544, Fax: 00359-32-629018, Mobile: 0898-410233Email: iltchev@tu-plovdiv.bg   or   v.iltchev@ieee.org =====================================================TO:Borland Developer Networkemail: cpp_open_letter@borland.comSUBJECT: Open letter and other "good" newsPlovdiv, 27.05.2004Dear Colleagues,I am deeply disgusted from the news I receive in the last time from Borland.I begin to ask myself: "Is that Borland anymore OR is that a branch of MicroSoft?"I write on Borland products since 1987. In this year Borland released Turbo C ver. 1.0.I began to write on C much earlier, but I did NOT like the Microsoft C compiler for MS-DOS.I invested much time and money to go in depth in Borland C++ Builder and VCL.I show this product to my students as the best example of object-oriented and component style of programming.I recommend Borland products to my students and encourage them to use Borland products in their future work as young specialists.BUT:What I saw as Borland C++ BuilderX (at a first glance) was a text editor, which was able to call compilers written by other companies.MOREOVER:In your open letter from October 29, 2003 you wrote:"2. Windows C++ Applications. If you are committed to building and deploying C++ applications for the Microsoft Windows platform only, Borland will recommend and encourage developers to build for the .NET framework using Managed C++. Borland is committed to supporting this path by providing a C++ compiler with Managed Extensions and integrating support for VCL for the .NET framework, which should provide an straightforward route for current C++Builder 6 developers using VCL to migrate their applications to the .NET platform with less effort."HOW SHOULD I UNDERSTAND THIS?My questions:1. Why should I continue to invest time and money in Borland products? Who else can give me the guarantee that Borland will NOT change its "Long Term Product Line Strategy" again?2. How long will Borland exists as an independent company?3. Should I continue to pledge my name as university professor, recommending Borland products to my students?With best regards:V. Iltchev]]></description>
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	 (Velko Iltchev)
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      <dc:date>2004-05-26T15:25:35-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[This article has a huge misleading comment in it.  Let me quote the author: "I mentioned how easy we’ve allowed our millions of Delphi developers to move their applications to .NET (most applications can be migrated by a recompile using VCL for .NET)."  I don't know about the other millions of Delphi Developers, but most of our applications use some type of database connections like  those on the ADO tab in D6.  Since these components are not compatible or are not available with D8 we were unable were unable to purchase several copies of D8 as we had planned.  The ADO components like "TADOQuery" , etc. are essential for us to migrate existing applications to D8 or beyond.  The misleading part here is the word "most".  In our case the word is "none".  We will wait for D9]]></description>
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	 (Craven Weasel)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-20T15:06:18-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[What about any encounters with Linus?Now that would be something!!!]]></description>
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	 (Craven Weasel)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-19T23:06:11-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[It is great that two foremost contributors to software development tools should stop and think about fun of the past while embarking onwards into the fun of the future, in unique form, together.Craven Weasel ]]></description>
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	 (Craven Weasel)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-19T18:54:01-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Microsoft engineers desperately struggle to restart the Bill-Gates 3D Virtual Hologram before DavidI notices that it's crashed....]]></description>
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	 (Dave Jewell)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-16T15:46:09-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pictures indicate Gates poses. There is surely no need to tip the forelock to Mr Gates. He has heard of Borland???? ]]></description>
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	 (Craven Weasel)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-15T09:34:40-07:00</dc:date>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wow, great!So, now, how about adding visually designing Web Services to all Borland IDE products, since that's one of the points Gates mentioned?]]></description>
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	 (Chee Wee Chua)
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      <dc:date>2004-04-14T00:20:11-07:00</dc:date>
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