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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: substantiated rumors
Message-ID: <1991May16.212920.8210@qualcomm.com>
Date: 16 May 91 21:29:20 GMT
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In article <1991May16.064957.16959@morrow.stanford.edu> GD.SAR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Sandy Rockowitz) writes:
>However, I'm making an exception tonight and justifying it to myself
>by saying that it is actually news.  The following item is just too
>juicy, not to mention reassuring to those of us who, while convinced
>of OS/2's technical excellence, have been somewhat less certain of its
>commercial viability.
>
>This evening (Wednesday evening), Philippe Kahn spoke to the Silicon
>Valley Software Entrepreneurs Forum.  He announced that, this afternoon,
>Borland and IBM had concluded an agreement to supply 32 bit compilers
>and other tools for OS/2 2.0 and Patriot Partners.  He left the meeting
>to fly to New York for a joint announcement with IBM on Thursday.
>[...]

Hoo hah!  If Borland gets involved then you know something big is up.  A Turbo
Pascal for OS/2 or Borland C++ for OS/2 could be just what is needed to get
the ball moving.  At the very least it shold shake up the competition and force
them to improve.

-- 
Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks.     |     Ron Dippold