The bottom fell out of the developer tools market years ago, probably because of the influence of open source tools. Developer tools for MS are not a profitable business, they are just designed to get people on their platform. It is no wonder Borland/Inprise/Borland/CodeGear/ Embarcadero have struggled so much.
Craig. > It's an admission that most new startups run on opensource and the > bottom has fallen out of the developer tools market. MS has always > known it's about the developers. Get them skilled on your products not > someone elses. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---