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To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (9294)	3/4/1998 9:51:00 AM
From: Bipin Prasad	Respond to of 10836

Scott, Microsoft, Symantec, and Quarterdeck can all kiss my you-know-what in that order. I understand your pain. But all smart analysts like you guys should give them big hugs and kisses in that order. That's why you guys are getting paid big bucks. Just like Kenneth Star is doing a good job for Clinton. Keep them where they are for your bank accounts or family's sake. 8^) Happy racking $$$s with BORL's products! regards, BPP(Bipin's partner)

To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (9294)	3/4/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: david thor	Respond to of 10836

* OFF TOPIC * Norton Utilities 3.0 (yes, after buying 2.0) I feel sorry for you! I've had nothing but trouble. Regards, Dave

To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (9294)	3/4/1998 10:36:00 AM
From: Robert Graham	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

This is an opportunity for Borland to come out with a product that has been well tested. In the past, the user interface and the relatively bug free of their products' operation convinced me that this is a company that uses their own products. Unfortunately I have encountered much of the same problems that you did when I moved from a minicomputer environment as a programmer. In my periodic use of their products, Borland was the exception until I came across V5.0 of Borland C++ Developer's Suite which I had recommended to my client to be used on this project of mine. Now I have egg on my face. Quality control in the software industry leaves much to be desired. Microsoft is a good example of this where it looks like the large QC group hired in by Microsoft to address these problems have not helped Microsoft deliver any better quality of a product to the marketplace. Since Borland is moving into the enterprise end of the business, quality control will become paramount. I have heard that their customer service has improved. Has anyone else found this to be true? It is interesting to note that the brain damaged design of Intel chips was in another context an elegant workaround for a design engineer who was given something like 3 months in an "all or nothing attempt" to signle-handedly complete the detail design of their new CPU chip, the future of the company, starting from a blank sheet of paper and some basic requirements. This person was very short on time and resources, and he even did not have much experience for this kind of effort, so the segmented register scheme was his workaround for backward compatability which was a requirement given to him by Intel management. So under the circumstances he did very well, but what kind of management treats their product development this way? Inept product management and simply poor management at Intel at that time. The scientists were learning how to manage people as resources which at times turned out in narcissistic ways. The book "Inside Intel" reveals some of the goofy and inept management practices of Intel at that time. But the outright intelligence and committment of their employees that they had hired in kept that company afloat in a leadership position in the market despite management's inadequacies. Bob Graham

To: Scott Pedigo who wrote (9294)	3/4/1998 7:54:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

PartitionMagic 3.0 DriveImage DriveCopy Perhaps a more telling fact is that I found these products you liked so much to be some of the worst I've ever purchased. Pure crap. I have not read the thread on Borland's product quality. While Borland has had a few QA problems over the years, I don't know many people who can point to compilers that a truly superior to Borland's, year-in, year-out. While there are plenty here who will disagree with me, in my 25 years or so I've seldom seen development products, at any given time, that I felt were better than Borland's. Not only do they tend to provide superior environments, I personally believe the generated code is better, the compile times are faster, and the quality of the IDE is generally better. Over the years, Borland has consistently had better products than any competitor -- in desktop databases, Paradox was the hands down winner; in spreadsheets, QP was, too. In practically every arena where they have competed, the products have been superior. So what's the gripe?