Borland Leaves IDE Business

Wow, this is big news:

Borland, based here, is acquiring Lexington, Mass.-based Segue in a deal worth about $100 million and is dropping its IDE tools business, which analysts estimate to be worth about $60 million to $100 million.

And:

Leaving the IDE business means that Borland will no longer sell its Delphi, C++ Builder, C# Builder, JBuilder, Kylix or InterBase product lines.

eWeek – Borland to Divest Tools with Segue Buyout

In addition, see this letter from Borland CEO, Todd Nielsen.

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