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To: Delbert W. Yocam who wrote (10514)	5/13/1998 9:08:00 PM
From: shane forbes	Read Replies (1) of 10836

Hi Mr. Yocam! ---- Re: Yes, more are coming Very Good! Like to see these big name companies coming in with Borland/Inprise solutions in the enterprise. Over time the naysayers who say Inprise does not have a chance in hell of succeeding may eventually quiet down. (may...) ---- Re: Why don't you start an INPRISE: Time to BUY! talk I'm waiting till after June 5, 1998! Until then company is still oficially Borland International! Besides, though extremely unlikely, the shareholder resolution to change the name may not pass. That would make any new Inprise thread a very fast white elephant! BTW you are right. There is an Inprise thread: exchange2000.com Also I could just ask Jill to change the title of this thread to "Inprise: Time to Buy!" - that way everything is in one place though come to think about it it might connote the wrong symbolism - mere name change!! :-) So maybe Rod's thread is the right place. ---- I was looking at Programmer's Paradise little catalog today. Something struck me about the difference in costs between MSFT enterprise versions and Inprise versions - Inprise is higher, however: In these competitive environments Inprise has one really good thing that it did in the past and that it will hopefully do in the future - time to market. One could argue that relative to this advantage and the accompanying reduction in developer time, taking everything together (licenses + development + deployment (hopefully?)) Inprise's tools have the highest Return On Investment (ROI). This takes your On Time On Budget message one step further and since ROI is a financial metric that every CFO loves, phrasing things in these terms may sound like music to their ears? Why not get someone to study the cost effectiveness of Inprise's tools over the competition? If it is true that Inprise does increase productivity as much as I think it does then most companies would be convinced by a ROI study and more importantly you will not have to compete in any sort of price war with MSFT or anybody - very good for sustainable healthy margins! ---- Shane. (I guess we are out of luck re: the Inprise cookies???)

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