Borland seems to be making some announcements today: http://www.turboexplorer.com/
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2000205,00.asp On Aug. 8, the company's Developer Tools Group, which is up for sale, is scheduled to announce single-language versions of the components of Borland Developer Studio, the company's IDE (integrated development environment) for Microsoft Windows and .Net applications. David Intersimone, vice president of developer relations and chief evangelist at Borland, said the Turbo product set includes Turbo Delphi for Win32, Turbo Delphi for .Net, Turbo C++ and Turbo C#. Each version will be available in two editions: Turbo Explorer, a free downloadable version; and Turbo Professional, a version priced at less than $500, he said. "And with the Explorer Edition we're going to blanket the earth for beginners, students, hobbyists, nontraditional programmers who still need to do some programming [and] people who need to learn additional languages to ramp up their skill set," Intersimone said. Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .Net, Turbo C++ and Turbo C# will be generally available in the third quarter of this year, said Michael Swindell, senior director of product management for the Borland Developer Tools Group. Borland is offering student academic pricing for the Turbo Professional editions of these products that will be under $100. Indeed, with each edition developers can rapidly build GUI applications, database applications, and Web and Web services applications, Swindell said. Turbo Delphi and Turbo C++ use native code compilers and can build high-performance applications for the Windows platform. And Turbo Delphi .Net and Turbo C# target the .Net framework and the ASP.Net framework, building both GUI applications and Web applications, he said. However, the Explorer edition differs from the Professional edition in that, although it includes all the same features, users cannot integrate in third-party components or tools, he said. Yet, Explorer edition users can use third-party components externally, Intersimone said. -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
