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[Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Roy Schestowitz
Date: Aug 8, 2008 13:09

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Borland fights big brain suck

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| Fierce competitors Microsoft Corp. and Borland International, Inc. have moved
| their battle from the networked desktop to the courtroom.
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| Borland last week filed suit against Microsoft...
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Moshe Goldfarb.
Date: Aug 8, 2008 18:07

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>| Fierce competitors Microsoft Corp. and Borland International, Inc. have moved
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Author: Stephan Rose
Date: Aug 8, 2008 19:21

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Hadron
Date: Aug 8, 2008 19:34

Stephan Rose nospammer.com> writes:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Re: How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Greenhorn
Date: Aug 8, 2008 19:37

On Aug 8, 4:09 am, Roy Schestowitz schestowitz.com> wrote:
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--- "Network World, 5/12/97 "

The last millenium called. They want their ancient news stories back.

Slow day for Linux news eh? I guess since you get paid by the post
spamer like you want to keep those counts up.
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Moshe Goldfarb.
Date: Aug 8, 2008 20:49

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:21:29 -0500, Stephan Rose wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Moshe Goldfarb.
Date: Aug 8, 2008 20:49

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:34:45 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> Stephan Rose nospammer.com> writes:
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>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Linonut
Date: Aug 8, 2008 20:49

Followups set.

* Hadron peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Stephan Rose nospammer.com> writes:
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>>> Borland is just pissed because their products are no longer top tier.
>>
>> Wait a moment. "are no longer top tier"? When was anything Borland *ever*
>> top tier?
>
> Borland C++ 2.0 (c 1990) and its GUI and DOS IDE kicked the crap out
> of pretty much anything else at the time for PC development.
>
> Their Turbo series won awards left right and centre before Linux was
> just a stirring in Linus's pants.

Nice.

I used Borland starting with 2.0, and then picked up 3.0, and it was
damn good. Except that Borland made a major mistake with OWL (Object
Windows Library) -- they implemented a major feature of it using their
own extension to C++, involving an array operator.
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Stephan Rose
Date: Aug 8, 2008 21:18

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:34:45 +0200, Hadron wrote:
> Stephan Rose nospammer.com> writes:
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>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:22 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Re: [Old] How Microsoft Vandalised (Espionage) to Kill Competitor         


Author: Stephan Rose
Date: Aug 8, 2008 21:22

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:18:14 -0500, Stephan Rose wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:34:45 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> Stephan Rose nospammer.com> writes:
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>>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11...
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