Archive for May, 2004
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Will Borland ever officially support the Mono platform?
"Will Borland ever officially support the Mono platform?""Or is their a clause in the Microsoft Framework distribution which makes it legally tricky?"
There is no clause in any of Borland’s contracts with Microsoft which prohibits Borland from developing tools for non-Microsoft platforms. Microsoft boilerplate contracts often do include such clauses, but we know better than […]
One For the Road
Just a quick hello between flights as I wind down the spring speaking tour. SDGN’s Software Development Conference went smoothly, as usual. Joop and the guys (and gals) have conference hosting down to a science.
I was pleasantly surprised to find Chris Anderson in the lounge when I checked into the conference […]
Value Meal: One Bacon Double Research, Hold the Labels
Whoa, nellie. The reaction to Sunday’s kicking of the hornet’s nest has gotten a little out of hand. Even Scoble picked it up (in a nice way), which is as close as I want to get to being Slashdotted again. (Chris Pratley is doing a fine job of keeping the "net thugs" busy)
First […]
The Dirt on Finalization
If you read the Delphi newsgroups, you’ve probably seen my warnings against using finalizers as a matter of course in your .NET code. If you were not satisified with my (slightly vague) reasons, go read Chris Brumme’s article on Finalization for the exhaustive list of sins of Finalize.
Note that while C#’s "destructor" syntax implements […]
That Which We Dare Not Name
Well, it was bound to happen. I’m surprised it’s taken this long, actually: internal "concern" over information disclosed in this blog. My previous post seems to have ruffled a few feathers of folks who aren’t used to Borland talking about engineering research well in advance of delivery, if it pans out for […]
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