From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,53920231df6ca8f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-21 02:29:07 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!auvm!FNOC.NAVY.MIL!mhagerty Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <9408197800.AA780010661@smtpgw.fnoc.navy.mil> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 14:37:41 PDT Sender: Ada programming language From: Michael Hagerty Subject: Re: Creating markets (long) Comments: To: Ada programming language Date: 1994-09-19T14:37:41-07:00 List-Id: On 18 Sep 1994, Robert Dewar wrote: RD> And Mike, before you try to figure out how a company can make money > selling compilers to students, just remember that Borland is going > broke, despite the fact that it has an essentially massive control > of the educational compiler market. I am not sure, but I seriously doubt that Borland is going broke because of their compiler business and its success in the educational market. I would think that their rampant business buying program of the past several years is more at fault. After all, one does not have to buy too many companies only to orphan their products before you have a real big cash-flow problem. Let's count the orphans: Sprint, Brief, TurboBASIC, ObjectVision, ... And certainly count in the huge payout to A-T for dBASE right after the court said that the dBASE language (previously considered a major asset) was "public domain"... All in all, Borland's failures seem to be more in areas other than their mainline Pascal and C++ compiler products, which still seem to be very successful in both the educational and non-educational markets; rather it appears to be the injudicious "investment" of the money they were making from the compiler business... Regards, Mikey --- Michael Patrick Hagerty, Computer Sciences Corp. | mhagerty@fnoc.navy.mil Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center | Phone: (408) 656-4456 7 Grace Hopper Ave, Stop 1, Monterey, CA 93943-5501 | FAX: (408) 656-4313 "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend; inside a dog, it's too dark to read..." Groucho Marx