Borland licenses Windows .NET Framework SDK
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Hoping to get its fingers deeper into Microsoft's touted .NET platform, Borland Software Monday became the first to license the Windows .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK). Meta Group Senior Program Director Thomas Murphy said he sees the move as a good one for Borland, and one that demonstrates the competitive cooperation the firm has enjoyed with Microsoft. Borland offers Delphi Studio, which supports such Microsoft scripts as Visual Basic and C#, as a competing product to Microsoft's Visual Studio software tools development portfolio. Because of this, Murphy said Monday's announcement means developers will have more options.
"This shows the growing support for .NET," Murphy told internetnews.com. "Borland recognized this as a market opportunity and said 'we can make money here.' A large number of people that use Delphi will be able to move Delphi into the .NET world."