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From: chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Borland International
Summary: One correction
Keywords: Phillipe exists!
Message-ID: <9924@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 29 Oct 89 04:45:05 GMT
References: <1246@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <AZEdI9u00VoH4TnkUp@andrew.cmu.edu> <6241@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
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In article <6241@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>, toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
[Stsatement about Borland's in house development of several products, only
one of which I will attempt to dispute.]
> Ironically, they wrote SideKick as an in-house tool, and then commercialized
> it. But I thought most of their products they developed. Their product line
> (I hope I'm not leaving anything out):
> 
> Product				Did they do it?
> Sidekick			Yes (and follow up products too)

Nope, the original Sidekick may have been Borland-developed, but several
of the enhancements have come from external developers, and the current
product (Sidekick Plus) is from an English developer.

> If I'm wrong on any of this, I'd like to know (and I'm sure someone will 
> tell me!)

I did.

> Tom Almy
> toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
> Standard Disclaimers Apply
Charles Marslett (standard disclaimer follows, so I'll have enough new stuff!)
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