Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!ncsuvx!news From: kdarling@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Okay, you Amiga Types, its time to bash your amiga. :) Message-ID: <1991Feb5.020617.14202@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 5 Feb 91 02:06:17 GMT References: <91031.190832JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> <91031.215406WTW101@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991Feb1.075919.617@Neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Feb3.004152.1848@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <18542@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: NCSU Computing Center Lines: 12 andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes: >If I were in a speculating mood, I'd guess that Borland looked >at the effort involved, its many other products under development >at that time, and how much money there was in the IBM arena, and >made a business decision. I believe that you're right. Borland also didn't want to get into the Unix market, so there is at least one company which converts Borland programs to Unix under a license. Many PClone companies won't port their stuff to other systems, but are willing to let someone else do it. - kev