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Jak podala prasa, frima Inprise (dawniej Borland) oglosila ze dzieli
sie na dwie firmy: Inprise i Borland.com. Przy okazji wywala 20%
pracownikow.

Analitycy sa zgodni w ocenie: eksperyment z przeksztalceniem Borlanda
w "enterprise solution provider" nie bardzo sie udalo. Trzeba wiec
wrocic do Borlanda jako dostarczyciela narzedzi programistycznych.
Tylko nie wiadomo co zrobic z "Inprise". Szczegoly pod

http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990128.ecinprise.htm

Niektorzy watpia w przyszlosc Borlanda, a szczegolnie Delphi  i
Buildera:

"...However, the move has prompted fears that the tools grouped under
borland.com, including Delphi, C++Builder and InterBase,
  could be discontinued or jettisoned, according to the sources. 

  The Inprise operation will handle Inprise Application Server,
JBuilder for AppServer, AppCenter, VisiBroker, ITS, and Entera,
  along with professional services. 

  "Since [Inprise's] Visigenic acquisition, there's been a new fervor
about CORBA-based products. And Windows, or
  Microsoft-based technology, has been in disfavor," said one
ex-Inprise executive. "There was the feeling that if we could sell or
  get rid of [Microsoft-oriented products], we should. A lot of people
in those groups are scared, because they're not the focus." 

  According to one source, Inprise had looked for a buyer for its
Delphi Windows-based development environment, reportedly
  seeking $90 million..."

Patrz:

http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990129.ecinprise2.htm

A.L.