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To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (8601)	1/20/1998 8:42:00 AM
From: Neil Booth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

I have a feeling it's earnings today. Anyone concur? Neil.

To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (8601)	1/20/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Shane Stump	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

The problem is profitability. I use to be involved in the PC utility business and you have to sell a LOT of $49 software to be very profitable. It is much more profitable with less headaches to sell to corporations. Shane

To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (8601)	1/20/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

I see no evidence that Borland plans to abandon the cheap compilers. In the past, Borland developed $49 compilers. Now, the entery level tools are just stripped down versions of the big ticket tools. While a $99 sale might be break-even (if that), every registered $99 compiler user is a lead for additional purchases. Every student that uses Borland tools will enter into the corporate world favoring them (as a good number of us on this thread). When they complete the roll-out of their tool suites, C++B, Delphi, and JBuilder will all scale from a $99 compiler all the way to a $40K enterprise suite (Delphi already does).