PF> My interpretation of recent events at Borland leaves me assuming that

 PF> OS/2 support may be dumped completely.



 PF> In case you haven't heard,  10 days ago Philippe Kahn stepped down

 PF> ("ousted" was in the report I read) as CEO.  Today,  the
new mgt team

 PF> announced that 40% (!) of the Borland staff was to be laid off.

 PF> With Windows s/w clearly generating the most revenue for them,  I

 PF> can't see, now as a wounded bear,  them anything non-mainstream like

 PF> OS/2 --unless IBM once again pays them to do it (and I doubt IBM will

 PF> want to invest in a company falling apart at the seams).



If *only* Borland had provided bug lists, fixes and given Pascal a go

(even without PM support), I think their fortunes would be very

different.



But they haven't supported me (and I assume others) in any way shape

or form.  About 18 months ago, I reported about 6 serious bugs that

stopped me developing a 370 ASM to 486 convertor for OS/2.



They fixed one or two of the problems with 1.5, but others still

remain.



Version 2?  Don't know at this stage, I don't intend to buy it to

find out.  However, I shall post messages so that hopefully someone

can tell me if the problems are solved.





What a great shame.  Really, the compilers are very, very fast, the IDE

is good, and the support for Windows was very good.  Great debuggers,

an alternative to Microsft (who acted the same way) etc.



What a shame.



What a shame.



With sadness, Clem



PS:  You know, Microsoft is coming out with all the FUD in the world.

     IBM started off FUD years ago, but with one BIG BIG difference.

     IBM did their level best to produce solid products, with copious

     amonuts of documentation and bug lists.



     There was, and is, a difference even with IBM FUD.

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