Borland joins ECMA

"We're delighted to be a part of Ecma International -- to play a more active role in furthering the evolution of the .NET platform and strengthening our support for C# development," said Patrick Kerpan, chief technology officer at Borland. "Because Borland is a platform-neutral vendor, we're in an ideal position to lend objective insight into the formation of standards. This is just the latest example of our continuing commitment to helping ensure that these standards meet the needs of developers."

"I am very pleased that Borland has joined the Association," said Jan van den Beld, secretary general of Ecma International. "Getting broadly applied, high-quality standards require active participation of stakeholders in a technology -- i.e. the .NET platform -- and its building blocks. Borland's critical and constructive support is highly appreciated."

Press Release

Thanks for lunch, Chris!

A couple of weeks ago I sold a BORL sticker on eBay, and it sold for a whopping $56.55 to Chris Dickerson.

Today, DevRel was finally able to enjoy lunch all at the same time and place (Yamamori Sushi here in Scotts Valley).

Thanks again, Chris!

This image is part of the cycle on the main page. Just in case you missed it, here it is!

JBuilder 2005 Announced and Available for Pre-Order

JBuilder 2005, our latest and greatest Java version of our award-winning Java IDE, has been announced and is available for pre-order.

For links to the press releases, and other information, please see my BDN article

BorCon 2004 Math Excercise of the Day

As John's article points out, you can buy Delphi 8 at BorCon 2004 at 2/3rds off. Software Assurance on this deal is mandatory. And this will guarantee you a copy of the next version of Delphi!

To fully understand the magnitude of this extraordinary deal, I hereby offer the following math problem:

D8+D_next = 1/3*D8 + SA

This gives:

D_next = SA - 2/3*D8

We also know that:

SA = 0.3*D8

Substitution gives:

D_next := 0.3*D8 - 2/3*D8 = -0.37*D8

With D8 = $3,000 we get:

D_next := -$1,110

Is that a deal or what?

What have I done?

My BORL sticker for sale

I started it at $0.01 and I was thinking I would get $2 or so, enough for a kid's meal... ;-)

Here it is at $51 and counting... Wow!

And now others are joining in...

Check this out - a vintage Paradox mug.

But you'll have to outbid me on that one, and remember, I have $51 to play with.

Enjoy!

Skype - P2P VOIP (Internet Telephony)

Skype works a million times better than MSN Messenger when it comes to voice communication.

It's free, high quality and encrypted.

Enjoy!