plinehan wrote:

>
>
> Oh, and BTW, if IB (and I mean IB *_before_*
> the birth of FB) was doing even moderately
> well, what prompted Borland to Open Source
> it, in particular? There was no talk of
> Open Sourcing Delphi or JBuilder. The only
> rational guess that one can make is that
> IB as a division of Borland was (how to
> put it kindly) "struggling" - maybe paying
> its own way, but not putting back the revenue
> into the company which merited its
> upkeep.

Realizing that this is all ancient history, but
do you remember anything about the US stock market
in the late 90's? In high tech, the only thing
that counted was growth. Revenue didn't enter
into the picture. Borland's intention in open
sourcing InterBase was to create a company on
the Red Hat model, with them owning a significant
share, pump it up, take it public, and rake in
millions. April 2000 ended that story.

Regards,


Ann