Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Is borland abandoning Macintosh? Message-ID: <994@cpocd2.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 12:58:04 EST Article-I.D.: cpocd2.994 Posted: Wed Nov 25 12:58:04 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 11:58:14 EST References: <1394@bgsuvax.UUCP> <17000069@clio> Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ Lines: 22 >denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP(William DenBesten) writes in comp.sys.mac >>Found in PC week 22 sep 87, page 148: >> >>> ... early in 1988 ... there's a good chance Sir Kahn's company will >>> have sold off most of its Macintosh product lines, currently offered >>> by Borland to several firms including Apple's software spinoff, Claris. In article <17000069@clio> hannon@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes: > Considering that Borland just created a WHOLE NEW DIVISION dedicated to >Macintosh development, I think that you have very little to worry about. Boy, talk about naivete! When one is considering selling off a portion of one's business, *the* *first* *step* is often making a separate division out of it. That way you can do separate accounting, move them into a different building, etc., etc. I would view this fact as confirming, not denying, the rumor. -- Howard A. Landman {oliveb,hplabs}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard howard%cpocd2.intel.com@RELAY.CS.NET "Press here"