BetaNews just published a link about a new toy from Microsoft Surface team – Microsoft’s Sphere. Surface software in the ball. Even though a hardware is not of Microsoft’s origin, software is inherited from Surface project. You can watch a little presentation about possible application of technology. Fun experience I would say.
First, if you were looking for information about Hyndai’s sporty compact, it is not about it. CodeGear joined Embarcadero and finally is free to do what they suppose to do for many years now – develop the software for developers and not some few of many tools for IT management (there would be no problem there in general until development tools line start to degrade). CodeGear extends the Borland legacy, but not in the way it was done last 8 years since the era of Inprise ALM movement. Back in 2000, Dale L. Fuller, then president and CEO of Borland, said about going back to the roots and renaming from Inprise to Borland: “The Borland name has always been synonymous with Read more
There is a hot discussion brewing in public about importance of the Unicode support in upcoming version of Delphi (Tiburón). There are people who do not see it as something to spend time on in current Delphi situation and some who disagree with that. Did you notice that word “Tiburón” is in Unicode? Let’s come back in time December 2002 – Delphi VCL Controls for Win32 should support unicode – 4.89 rating, 359 votes. One of first from the dozens of QC reports asking to add Unicode into Delphi. Do not tell me it is not important for many people. Is it too little too late? Could as well be, but it is better to finally have it and enjoy Read more
Now we finally can talk about a new version of RAD Studio – Tiburón. Did you miss some of the posts? Check the list below for most comprehensive list of posts about upcomming Tiburon release. by David I Tiburon’s LoadFromFile and SaveToFile for Unicode characters Unicode database support in Tiburon for Delphi and C++ Tiburon/C++Builder – soon with live UML modeling Boost support in Tiburon C++Builder 2009 Tiburon – new language features for Delphi 2009 by Nick Hodges Here Comes Tiburon Don’t Get Caught with Boxes – introduction to Unicode support New Language Construct for Exit Tiburon Screenshot by Allen Bauer Tiburón – String Theory from Chris Bensen’s Tiburón Sneak Peek Tiburón Sneak Peek: Registered Type Libraries Tiburon Sneak Peek: Com Wizards Tiburon Sneak Peek: Read more
I want to give a quick update about Delphi logos posted on my web-site. It has been officially reconfirmed, logos present on the page are allowed to be used as affiliation logos but with one exception: Please note that some of the 3rd party logos no longer can be used since “Borland” is present.
It has been a week since sale/acquisition of CodeGear (read IDE division) has been completed. We all heard about $30M as price for CG. Now we can see final numbers. From “Form 8-K for BORLAND SOFTWARE CORP” now available for public review: The total consideration was $29.8 million less the estimated amount of the accounts receivable at closing, which was approximately $5.6 million, and less the estimated working capital adjustment of approximately $3.5 million, which resulted in Borland receiving approximately $20.7 million in cash. And it is not just about money – patents, licenses, trademarks, copyrights… i) a patent assignment agreement, whereby Borland assigned 34 of its patents which pertain solely or substantially to the CodeGear business; (ii) a patent license, whereby Borland Read more
So Gates is retiring. Another page in computer history is turned, another chapter is completed. Let’s give him a round of applause! In a way, we are who we are because of him. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/videos/default.aspx?videoID=0 Who knows, without him we all be using Macs today New security holes on Mac. Shouldn’t happen? Or it all comes with popularity? Otherwise, why would we have something like iAntivirus. South Park Mac vs. PC – profile Regardless of what people prefer, would be here Apple without Microsoft, Mac without PC (a-la Windows)? Would we have personal computers that popular today without PC? Is the Darwin theory of evolution applicable here? I have a tendency to think very much so. Talking about evolution selection: Did you know there was GUI Read more