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Technology Stocks : BORL: Time to BUY! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ED_L who wrote (9021)	2/9/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: Skip Leonardis	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10836

All: Any thoughts on what the ex-Borlanders have been doing at Microsoft for the last year (Anders, etc.)? Certainly Bill didn't buy them just to slow BORL down...did I miss something? Also, any thoughts from you enterprise-savvy guys on what companies would make a good technical acquisition for BORL? Not buyout hype, just comments on what products from other companies would be synergistic with where BORL is heading. - Skip

To: ED_L who wrote (9021)	2/10/1998 1:34:00 AM
From: synchro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Re: PC Week (2/9/98) has long and positive article related to their review of C++ Builder 3.0 (Beta). zdnet.com

To: ED_L who wrote (9021)	2/10/1998 2:06:00 AM
From: Manfred Sondermann	Respond to of 10836

This EMail I have received from Borland: Dear Developer, You're invited to the C++Builder 3 Product Launch! February 11th, 7:00PM, Gateway Ballroom Software Development West, Moscone Center in San Francisco Come celebrate with us and be the first to see NEW C++Builder 3 - the most powerful C++ compiler and development tool ever created. During the development of C++Builder 3, we posted a survey regarding your needs as a C++ developer on our Web site at www.borland.com We would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to all of you who filled out our survey. See the survey results at the end of this message. NEW! C++Builder 3 delivers everything you asked for and more with many new features to allow you to be more productive completing your projects on time and on budget: Here are just some of the NEW things you can do with C++Builder 3: Take advantage of high-performance C++. Recognized for technical excellence and benchmarked for superiority, C++Builder 3 is Borland's fastest, award winning 32-bit C++ compiler. The NEW Adaptive Compiler technology reduces compilation time and the high-speed Incremental Linker reduces link time. When it has to be fast, you can depend on Borland's compiler for un-compromised performance. Manage complex projects easily. The new Advanced Project Manager is an invaluable tool for working with C++ project files. Control compiler settings, change project contents and compile multiple targets like EXEs, LIBs, DLLs, RC files, and more. Combine this with C++Builder's deployment wizards and you've just delivered your project on time and on budget. Debug quickly and efficiently. You get a complete set of robust new debugging tools: DLL debugging, local variable inspection, Module View, ToolTip Expression Evaluation, Event Logs and Debug Inspectors all of which cut development time. Gain integrated database productivity. Build a live database application in seconds with over 25 data-aware components and integrated database management utilities. Instantly connect to data with complete ODBC connectivity and new high-speed native drivers for MS Access, FoxPro, Paradox, and dBASE. Get to the Web. Use One-Step ActiveX/ATL, the most productive way to create high speed, industry standard ActiveX controls and COM objects. Automate TypeLib creation with NEW! Type Library Editor. Reuse your ActiveX controls in Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, Delphi, PowerBuilder and more. Write new C++ applications in a fraction of the time. C++Builder's professional IDE includes everything you need to write new C++ applications -- a compiler, editor, debugger, component library and integrated Forms Designer. Build a full range of high-speed C++ applications: everything from business, database, and Internet applications; to console applications, and commercial systems. Now you can deploy your applications on the Web by using ActiveForms to easily build thin client, zero configuration Web deployed applications that run in Internet Explorer. Select from over 25 ready to use Internet components (HTML, HTTP, FTP, POP...) and build mail servers, event dispatchers, newsgroup readers...and more. Use existing C and C+ code. C++Builder 3 makes it easier to work with existing projects, legacy code, COFF Import Libraries and a multitude of third-party libraries. You wanted to be able to build upon, compile, and link your existing C and C++ code, now you can. C++Builder 3 Professional includes both OWL and MFC Frameworks and over 130 reusable components to give you all the productivity of rapid application development. Build both visual and non visual applications. With C++Builder 3 you only need one tool, one language, and one environment to build any Windows application. Building visual and non visual applications requires only one skill set. You can switch between a traditional C++ IDE to a robust visual IDE to build applications are both visually appealing and sophisticated C++. The summary of the survey responses gave us valuable insight into what the C++ development community wants in a C++ tool, what features you need to be more productive, and what types of applications you have planned for future development. Here is a snapshot of your Top 5 answers to some of the survey questions: The Top 5 Features that are most important to you are: Editor and Debugger Project Management Support for industry standards Compile OWL and MFC code ActiveX Creation The major challenges you are facing with your C++ development tool are: Creating Compelling Visual Front-ends to Apps Lack of Visual Development Development Cycle too long Debugging Performance Your main development challenges moving forward are: Database Programming Moving to the Internet Managing complex code and debugging large systems Building Client/Server and Multi-tier Applications Maintaining and updating existing code The type of applications you would like to develop with C++Builder are: Internet/Intranet applications Client/Server applications Multi-tier applications System level applications OWL and MFC applications What you seen is just some of the new enhancements of Borland C++Builder 3. Please check out the C++Builder 3 Web Launch in mid February at www.borland.com for all the new information on C++Builder 3. Thank you for your continuing support. C++Builder Team