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Technology Stocks : INPR - Inprise to Borland (BORL)
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To: Annette who wrote (3777)12/21/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: Annette  Read Replies (1) of 5102
 
another message from that list:

On 21 December, 1999 12:12 PM, Annette wrote:
> This is TERRIBLE news. At times I think Inprise/Borland has some sort of
psycopathic self-destructive business plan. They continue to find ways to
fail with the BEST products on the planet.

<rant alert>

Y'know - I think you may be right. Maybe the best thing Inprise could do at
this juncture would be to sell off *everything* and simply pay out its
shareholders and wind the company up. As a Delphi developer who uses
Interbase, I'd certainly feel a lot more secure if someone with a few clues
was running the company I depended on for my development tools. It seems to
me that Inprise (as a company - let's not forget all the terrific technical
people they have working there, and the excellent team we have at Inprise
NZ & Australia) is managed by people who are totally out of touch with
todays business world (and unfortunately, this is not a new situation for
the company ). I mean, how the hell can you fail so often when you have
(to quote Annette) "the BEST products on the planet". M$ make billions with
their #$%^@! and Inprise loses money hand over fist simply by failing to
market their products (period). It's criminal. OTOH, since M$ now have a
stake in Inprise, is there a conspiracy here that none of us have spotted
yet ?? Is Interbase seen as a real threat to SQL Server ? Or will M$ pick
it up for a song and use it's technology to produce a great engine (or more
likely, bury it) ?

<end of rant>

Simon.
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