BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Re: Is there any truth in this story? Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4  Next          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Non-Technical View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Danny Thorpe Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:23 am    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. If there were any truth to it, anyone with sufficient knowledge would be prohibited from speaking about it. So there's not really much point in asking. As one of the uninformed unwashed masses of Borland corporate culture, I'd be happy to go on the record to say that's just another outrageous unfounded rumor somebody dreamed up. -Danny p.s. Don't crosspost. Moved to borland.public.non-technical. Back to top Robert H Ruff Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:16 am    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? The story's been a rumor since 12/2002 at least. Some say hiring Anders /was/ the acquisition.... Back to top Martin James Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 6:37 am    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. If I accept the runours, should I buy Borland stock, or Microsoft ? Rgds, Martin Back to top Saci Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:37 am    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Short both Quote: If I accept the runours, should I buy Borland stock, or Microsoft ? Rgds, Martin Back to top Dennis Landi Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:42 am    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? "Martin James" <mjames_falcon (AT) dial (DOT) pipex.com> wrote Quote: "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3F4042ED.5098A01B (AT) hotmail (DOT) com... I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. If I accept the runours, should I buy Borland stock, or Microsoft ? If that's what you base your strategy on then Brooklyn Bridge stock might be best. Give me a few minutes to print some up, and we'll talk. Back to top Rosimildo da Silva Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Martin James wrote: Quote: "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3F4042ED.5098A01B (AT) hotmail (DOT) com... I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. If I accept the runours, should I buy Borland stock, or Microsoft ? None. If I had a more penny available, I would put in Satelite Radios stocks. I wish I had put more at the begining of the year. Rosimildo. Back to top pnichols Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 3:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Martin James wrote: Quote: "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3F4042ED.5098A01B (AT) hotmail (DOT) com... I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. If I accept the runours, should I buy Borland stock, or Microsoft ? Rgds, Martin You can never be aware of what some business people will do, but my question is why MS would want Borland? They are not exactly following the same course. Since MS has decided it doesn't want a Java market and judging from Borland's recent purchase of top tier Java development tools (ie OptimizeIt, TogetherSoft), not to mention its own JBuilder, it just does not make logical sense. Why would MS want Borland, to get Delphi/BCB? Neither Delphi nor BCB are a threat to MS at all. Since the whole world is moving to Java or NET, it does not make sense, unless they want TogetherSoft to become a NET UML modeling tool. That was the basis of the rumors before, because MS was afraid that Rational (now owned by IBM), would prevent MS form having a NET modeling tool. Fortunately or unfortunately, IBM is going to accomodate MS. Back to top Dan Barclay Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Move over Foxpro??? Microsoft has held a fairly large position for a long time. Some time ago they set out to sell off a good portion of that, but I haven't kept up with it. So, while it's possible I don't think it's in the cards (at least I hope not). "David Wilcox" <Nobody (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote Quote: I have just heard that Microsoft has made an offer to acquire Borland/Inprise Delphi. Is there any truth in this? Please enlighten me on this. Thanks. Back to top Harry Van Tassell Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? pnichols wrote: Quote: You can never be aware of what some business people will do, but my question is why MS would want Borland? I share your opinion that MS will buy Borland only when they can come down to Scotts Valley on a gaggle of flying pigs.<g> But if I were to speculate on what MS would find very attractive about Borland, it would be a large group of functioning talented engineers. AFAICT in their current drive to hire 5,000 new employees they are literally scooping up as many of the best and brightest as they can get their hands on and to the point that some pundits are bitching that MS is attempting to monopolize the supply of talent. --Hairy Back to top Craig Stuntz [TeamB] Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Dan Barclay wrote: Quote: Microsoft has held a fairly large position for a long time. Something like 20% in non-voting shares, acquired as part of a patent issue settlement, IIRC. -Craig -- Craig Stuntz [TeamB] . Vertex Systems Corp. . Columbus, OH Delphi/InterBase Weblog : http://delphi.weblogs.com InterBase Performance Monitor -- Analyze and control your IB7 server: http://delphi.weblogs.com/IBPerformanceMonitor Back to top Captain Jake Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 5:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? In borland.public.delphi.non-technical, Harry Van Tassell <hairy (AT) nada (DOT) com> wrote in message <3f41028d (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>... Quote: AFAICT in their current drive to hire 5,000 new employees they are literally scooping up as many of the best and brightest as they can Do you have any references on this that I colud look at? Back to top Sierra Spartacus Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? "pnichols" <paul@ comp.net> wrote Quote: Since MS has decided it doesn't want a Java market and judging from Borland's recent purchase of top tier Java development tools (ie OptimizeIt, TogetherSoft), not to mention its own JBuilder, it just does not make logical sense. Why would MS want Borland, to get Delphi/BCB? If such rumo[u]rs were true, one possibility would be that they wanted to kill JBuilder (as was their intention when they wanted to buy HomeSite). -- Clay Shannon, author of "the Wacky Misadventures of Warble McGorkle" Download it at http://tinyurl.com/cent Back to top Wayne Niddery [TeamB] Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 6:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Craig Stuntz [TeamB] wrote: Quote: Something like 20% in non-voting shares, acquired as part of a patent issue settlement, IIRC. I recall they were separate - $100 million for the patent stuff and another $25 million for non-voting shares. ISTM it was for less than a 10% share but I'm not certain. -- Wayne Niddery - Logic Fundamentals, Inc. (www.logicfundamentals.com) RADBooks: http://www.logicfundamentals.com/RADBooks.html "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." - Thomas Jefferson Back to top pnichols Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Harry Van Tassell wrote: Quote: pnichols wrote: You can never be aware of what some business people will do, but my question is why MS would want Borland? I share your opinion that MS will buy Borland only when they can come down to Scotts Valley on a gaggle of flying pigs. But if I were to speculate on what MS would find very attractive about Borland, it would be a large group of functioning talented engineers. AFAICT in their current drive to hire 5,000 new employees they are literally scooping up as many of the best and brightest as they can get their hands on and to the point that some pundits are bitching that MS is attempting to monopolize the supply of talent. --Hairy Yes, that could be a possibility. But the talent pool out in the IT world is pretty prevalent right now. So many programmers are without jobs right now, finding talent is not the problem. Finding meaningful employment, however is. But I would agree that Borland has top talent in creating RAD tools. Back to top pnichols Guest Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 7:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there any truth in this story? Sierra Spartacus wrote: Quote: "pnichols" <paul@ comp.net> wrote in message news:3f40eca7 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Since MS has decided it doesn't want a Java market and judging from Borland's recent purchase of top tier Java development tools (ie OptimizeIt, TogetherSoft), not to mention its own JBuilder, it just does not make logical sense. Why would MS want Borland, to get Delphi/BCB? If such rumo[u]rs were true, one possibility would be that they wanted to kill JBuilder (as was their intention when they wanted to buy HomeSite). That is certainly possible, but that would not kill off Java. 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