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Slashdot: Inprise/Borland Developers Conference Linux Nuggets

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 27, 1999

“I just got back from the Inprise/Borland Developers
Conference in Philadelpha, where some results from the recent
survey–as well as some actual products–were announced.”

“With all this Linux stuff going on, there were a dozen or more
Linux-oriented sessions at the conference; quite a change from last
year.”

“Delphi team had to get their hand in. They did not make any
announcements; in fact, they made it quite clear that they have not
yet decided what to do. However, they did give out some results
from the developer survey: The most interest is in Delphi, followed
closely by C++Builder; the vast majority want a full RAD
environment, not just traditional tools; native GUI support is by
far the winner…’

“Following these announcements, they did a demo of what they’ve
been working on so far.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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