DevCo Company Name, Suggestions, and Questions
Apologies for the quiet period as of late, we’ve been working round the clock to create the new IDE company. Fortunately Allen continues to blog regardless of how busy we get, a skill I have yet to develop :o)
I’m very happy to report that things are on track and going well both from the spin-out perspective and on the product planning and development perspective. Last week we announced the 3yr JBuilder roadmap that we developed as the new “DevCo” organization which takes JBuilder and JBuilder customers forward into the Eclipse era. We also unveiled and demoed “Peloton”, due out at the end of the year, the first release of JBuilder with an Eclipse core. We’ve started taking the plans and demos out to customers, press, and analysts, and the response has been very positive.
We have some exciting name candidates for the new company, but I would like to invite everyone in the Delphi, C++Builder, JBuilder, and Interbase communities to send their ideas (need to be great ones, as we have some pretty good ones on the list already!). Send your name ideas to devco.names@borland.com and we’ll include the best in our candidate list. It’s a strange thing as we’ve been using the “DevCo“ place holder now for several months and speak it a few hundred times a day, so when we do choose a final name it’s going to take a bit of getting used to.
We’ve also created an email alias for anyone to send suggestions to the IDE group related to the spinoff. Send your suggestions to devco.suggestions@borland.com.
And finally, we’ve also created an address where you can send in your questions directed to the IDE team regarding the spinoff. Remember, this is directed to the IDE and Interbase teams, not Borland mgmt - so please be gentle on the “hey! why are you selling Delphi“ questions :o) “We“ aren’t selling Delphi… We’re the people worldwide who’ve developed and been passionate about the IDE products for many many years, and we’re the people who are forming the new IDE company and will be continuing to build and sell the IDE and database products such as Delphi, C++Builder, JBuilder, and Interbase. Send your questions to devco.questions@borland.com and we’ll try to directly answer your questions (those that we’re able to) and post some of the more common ones we receive.
Go “DevCo!” (until we have the real name!)
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May 25th, 2006 at 11:36 pm
- Jelphi (Java+Delphi)
- Jelphi Development
- Jelphi Builder
May 26th, 2006 at 12:32 am
IDE&Tools Company
May 26th, 2006 at 12:39 am
Borland Development group would work, as its still kinda borland but implies its a whole new section
May 26th, 2006 at 2:03 am
Devland
May 26th, 2006 at 4:12 am
DevCo. Developers company.
Why change a good name?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:29 am
Incoming ideas and suggestion! ;o) I’ve submitted a few already…
May 26th, 2006 at 4:55 am
Company name :: NotGain
is a good name ?
I am Iranian
May 26th, 2006 at 6:23 am
Inprise
May 26th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Dreamex
Develux
TruePacks
Alphameans
Anahid
FareVahr
ORMAX
ThinkMax
BeMax
CMAX
Padide
Paradex !
DEVECOP
PROCOP
Develine
Proline
SimpLine
OrAnd
select one of this names and submit it , you will have 20000$ prize from Micheal! (you will receive his prize like the replies i received from him to my emails!)
May 26th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Have you considered:
Omphalos Co.
Omphalos DevCo.
Omphalos Inc.
So the product could be ODS (Omphalos Development Studio)…
Omphalos is the belly (center, origin) of the world and is placed in the city of Delphos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos
It represents the conjuntion, the meeting point, so in this case could be the meeting point of C++, C#, Delphi, Java, Interbase, etc…
Cheers
May 26th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
Genesis: the creator of all good things to be. Gives life to every project.
May 26th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Deminator
May 26th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Liberty D’
May 26th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
I like the suggestion, Genesis.
May 26th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Just to stick with Greek mithology: Bellerophon. He has a lot in common with Delphi…
1) His own hosts tried to kill him after envious made false charges.
2) Athena gave him Pegasus (aka VCL) to fly high and fast
3) He killed the C#imera
4) He became too proud and tried to fly to Mount Ranier - oops Olypmpus -, but Gates - oops Zeus - sent a fly to sting Pegasus causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth where he lived out his life as a cripple…
May 26th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
If you stick with the Greek theme and want a word that starts with a B, Bellerophon indeed a logical choice => http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/bellerophon/index.html
May 26th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
More Greek B’s to play around with…
http://www.theoi.com/Encyc_C.html
May 26th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
I Agree with:
DevCo. Developers company.
Why change a good name?
May 27th, 2006 at 8:16 am
Boreas or Bootes may sound well too…
May 27th, 2006 at 8:22 am
Or some Irish Mythology too (Borland has some link to northern mythology too…)
Boann or Boand: the White Cow, for a "nice cash cow" could be ok… and Boand sounds not far from Borland
May 27th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
DevCo…
Hmm. I think it’s boring!
Guys I think it’s very bad name.
Absolutely faceless.
DevraceCo, DevCo, Co, Co … PepsiCo.
You really must change it !!!
May 28th, 2006 at 2:18 am
for century Borland was about programming languages and development tools. So, why don’t we keep things and names as they are? Let other part of company find its name. Starteamers — Stardreamers or any other would be good. But keep Borland for developers!
Any way we had lived it once with changing name to Inprise and reverse it back to Borland then. How many years do you get that Borland will become Borland again? I think not more that one-two.
May 28th, 2006 at 7:24 am
What about the following:?
Algorithm(s)?
Algo(rithm)Pool Co.?
Algo(rithm)Waves Co.?
Algo(rithm)Boom Co.?
Dev(elopment) Pool Co.?
Dev(elopment) Waves Co.?
Dev Boom Co.?
?…or what about ‘Transparent’, as if you creating something fits everything…?
Trans(parent) Algo(rithm) Co.
…or maybe: Bor(land)++
?.?
?.?
Any way good luck with you choice…??
May 28th, 2006 at 9:55 am
IDEntity
May 28th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
this name is very nice for Iranian developers .
May 29th, 2006 at 12:21 am
I like:
Utopia
Neo(Tools)
Eu(Dev)Tools (Eu as in Eukaryote)
PanTools
IDEs ‘n’ Tools
ToolBoxIDE
AlphaTools
EpsilonTools (or )
ProTools
8Tools
Tools<Dev>
Dev<Tools>
Cheers
May 29th, 2006 at 3:22 am
It’s yesterday once more….
There are 3 years duration, Delphi is my only IDE!
This is the only one good news I ever heard about Borland/ Delphi in last 3 years!
Good luch~~~
From China!
May 29th, 2006 at 3:50 am
FreeAir
like air is free
like anybody who lived in this excellent world needing air
May 29th, 2006 at 4:28 am
Genisis!!! i like it.
May 29th, 2006 at 4:40 am
inprise!!!!!!
May 29th, 2006 at 5:11 am
Anything but not DevCo! At least in Russian (and maybe in other Slavic languages) this acronym reads similar to word "devka" = "bad girl". I think no manager in Russia (where Delphi is still highly popular) would buy anything from a company with such a vulgar name.
May 29th, 2006 at 5:55 am
DelphiBox? like XBox
May 29th, 2006 at 5:58 am
PowerIDE
May 29th, 2006 at 6:47 am
Fenix or FenixReborn
(of Greek origin, meaning Pheonix. We hope this willful pheonix will be reborn from its ashes, even after 500 years! Yes, Delphi = the pheonix within my soul!)
XIA Chengbin (China)
May 29th, 2006 at 9:56 am
Prometheus (or Prometeo in Spanish)
PandoraBox
PrIDE
IDEObject
MatriXStudio
NeoBox / NeoStudio
May 29th, 2006 at 11:30 am
SoftBuilder
May 29th, 2006 at 11:47 am
DevCo. Developers company.
Why change a good name?
May 29th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
JDC
May 29th, 2006 at 5:44 pm
j.net
java+.net
May 29th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Rebirth
or
Libra
May 29th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
In fact,i like borland and it’s development tools very much.I wish that the new company can continue to upholding the flag of technique roadmap and develop more best products,good luck.
May 29th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Company Name:
DevCo
Products Name:
Delphi Suite
Delphi IDE
Delphi Database
Delphi ECO
Delphi WebService
Delphi IDE for C++
Delphi IDE for Java
Delphi IDE for Pascal
May 29th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
IDENB : IDE is Not Borland.
May 29th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
IDE for PROfessional DEVelopers
PRO+DEV+IDE = Prodevide
good luck!
May 29th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
developer
May 29th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
I comes from CHINA
I like Delphi
I like Borland
New Name:
JDC
May 29th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
I comes from China too ,
Delphi is my love ,
So many programers are useing Delphi in China like me;
new name : Final Fantasy
May 29th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
D++
May 29th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
CompanyName:
EasyDev
i am very very very love c++ builder.
May 29th, 2006 at 11:11 pm
I wish Delphi can generate native WinCE/Smartphone compiled code, instead of .NET CF.
May 29th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
I comes from China.
I like C++ builder 6,it’s very good ide.
New Name:DevStar
May 30th, 2006 at 12:09 am
I like Jbuilder
I suggest "CancerDev" for the new name!
May 30th, 2006 at 12:16 am
Devland,
there is no site likes http://www.devland.com.
Develop + Borland ->Devland
this name remind me borland.I like it.
this name implies the target of the New Company.
May 30th, 2006 at 12:34 am
I wish can use it in linux!
name:
Develop Studio!
May 30th, 2006 at 12:38 am
I wish Delphi source codes are saved in Unicode.
May 30th, 2006 at 1:06 am
begin developer studio
May 30th, 2006 at 1:16 am
DelphiBuilder
May 30th, 2006 at 1:41 am
DevelopSide
May 30th, 2006 at 1:51 am
Super delphi
May 30th, 2006 at 2:02 am
I like: iPhonix
It mean: i (am) pho(e)nix, borland new born!
May 30th, 2006 at 2:05 am
New Company: Bordev(Borland Develop), or BDI(Borland Develop IDE)
May 30th, 2006 at 2:24 am
BORDEL = BORland + DELphi
May 30th, 2006 at 2:26 am
I comes from China.
New Name:DevLand
May 30th, 2006 at 2:41 am
Hello everyone i’m from china,i’m using delphi 2 years,
New Company Name : VODT (V: Visual, O: Object, D: Dev, T:Tools)
May 30th, 2006 at 2:46 am
the new company name : OVDS i think this Good name ,
May 30th, 2006 at 3:00 am
how about corland or dorland?
May 30th, 2006 at 3:21 am
Blueland
May 30th, 2006 at 4:10 am
BorDev
TurboDev
May 30th, 2006 at 4:21 am
BDS — Best Development Systems
May 30th, 2006 at 4:27 am
BiGalax
May 30th, 2006 at 4:40 am
And some more…
GalaxTech
GalaxSys
DevX Studio
Xtreme
XtraTech
Orca
DevRex
TechBites
May 30th, 2006 at 5:50 am
Microland
May 30th, 2006 at 6:22 am
devAll
May 30th, 2006 at 6:25 am
PASCAL still so respectful!
whatever delphi happened!we still love her!
May 30th, 2006 at 6:26 am
what about Hieron
PASCAL still so respectful!
whatever delphi happened!we still love her!
May 30th, 2006 at 6:38 am
Deva
May 30th, 2006 at 6:38 am
BorDev in belarusian language sounds close to "Bardel" which means brothel…
May 30th, 2006 at 8:50 am
OpenIDE
May 30th, 2006 at 9:01 am
BDSII
the Best Develop System for Internet and Ideas
bjthemost@hotmail.com
May 30th, 2006 at 9:05 am
i like Delphi.
suggesting name: Dora
May 30th, 2006 at 9:59 am
BorlandSoft
May 30th, 2006 at 10:01 am
BorlandSoft
I am a Chinese programmer.
I want to use the new Delphi,and I want to talk with foreigner.
mail:hjsoftmail@163.com
May 30th, 2006 at 10:12 am
maybe the soft of develop shouldn’t be published
May 30th, 2006 at 10:43 am
4Developers Corp. (4DC)
4 signifies Devco’s 4 main foundation products: Delphi, C++Builder, JBuilder, and Interbase.
This spin off will become a "for developers" company
Julius Alba
aka GW
May 30th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Hi, I like Genesis
May 30th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Developers Developers Developers
or Developers^3
or D^3
Although Microsoft might have a trademark on that. . . .
May 30th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
The IDE group should have kept the Borland name.
The Inprise name should be given to the StarTeam, Together, etc group
May 30th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
How about something with Apollo or Pythia in it?
ApolloIDE
PythiaIDE
PythiaDev
ApolloDev
May 30th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
Belphi !
I love this name !
May 30th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
MyIDE
MyTools
MyDev
May 30th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Gabriel
Metatron
Seraph
(all powerful sounding names)..
Feel free to call your new company: ‘The Joe90s’, or ‘Joe of 90ness’..
May 30th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
GooBul = go to build
May 30th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
I come from China
DevLand–Developers’ Land
or
DevHome–Developers’ Home
And I love C++Builder & JBuilder!!
May 31st, 2006 at 12:45 am
DevLand
May 31st, 2006 at 1:25 am
BuiLAND
May 31st, 2006 at 1:31 am
Delphinity
Delfinity
May 31st, 2006 at 1:37 am
DJC (Delphi Java C)
May 31st, 2006 at 2:38 am
"Macrosoft" is greater then Microsoft
May 31st, 2006 at 2:49 am
Best Development System(BDS)
May 31st, 2006 at 3:02 am
No, not
BORDEL = BORland + DELphi
In germany "Bordell" means a "company" where you have sex for money.
—————
I think DevLand is a good name.
I sounds good and remembers the to
Dev = Developers
Land = (Bor)land
May 31st, 2006 at 4:12 am
DevCo sounds very well. It’s about developers, about us, much more than simple tools.
May 31st, 2006 at 10:30 am
Why change the name? Borland is known for languages, compilers and IDE, shouldn’t it be the ALM part that renames?
May 31st, 2006 at 5:30 pm
Bolandev
May 31st, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Best
May 31st, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Hello from Malaysia!!!
AggresiveD = agrresive dephi/dev tool?
RADX = RAD with X?
June 1st, 2006 at 2:57 am
Hi from France !
Genesis or DevLand sound good.
Not BorDel, please.
June 1st, 2006 at 3:57 am
Athena or Athenaeum
June 1st, 2006 at 5:30 am
form china
i love delphi
love pascal
wish God bless delphi
June 1st, 2006 at 10:38 am
My suggestions are…
"FullForce Inc" - So that you can then name the IDE - "FullForce Developer Studio" and tag it as "Everything you need in one box"
This has the added value of having a JEDI hook ;).
Alternatively go for something which exudes power like "Magma Inc" or "Magma Developer Tools - Made By developers for developers".
And for a quirky name try
"Build it and They Will Come Inc/Developer Tools".
June 1st, 2006 at 11:10 am
I always liked the Greek/Latin aspect associated with the Borland projects. So here are my votes:
Athena (already mentioned above)
Tholos
Sibyl (as in Delphic Sibyl)
Pythia
Then my favorite: "The Argonauts" - (Meaning: The next generation of heroes). Could use something to the effect of: "Bringing development back into the developers hands." as a tag statement.
June 1st, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Suggestion:
Arriba
June 1st, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Dear Delphi,
I sure your name is very good !!! But if change name , i can use —> Wnhoo
Its my name
thanks dear delphi
your can mail to :wnhoo@163.com
or wnhooemy@gmail.com or wnhoo@hotmail.com
yours Wnhoo
June 1st, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Delphi and many of the IDE tools obviously have always had a heavy greek mythology influence so therefore thats probably the best route to go(plus the names and titles from the mythology are just cool!)
My suggestions:
Olypmus/Olympian,
Parthenon,
Pegasis,
Athena/New Athens/Athenian,
<a href=’http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus‘>Prometheus</a> and my personal favorite <b><a href=’http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis‘>Acropolis</a></b>.
And now add an Industries, Developments, Inc., etc… or whatever else you need there.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:06 am
Use a chinese name:BaoLan.
Borland is translated into ‘BaoLan’ in China.
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:20 am
"DevGate" is really a pretty name!
I am so amazed there are so many fans going with JBuilder.And also include lots of chinese fans.Whether or no,any name can go to my heart!
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Phidel
Fidelity
Pascalyne
Executer
Pascode
June 3rd, 2006 at 6:28 am
Delphi meaning:
City in ancient Greece, site of an oracle of Apollo.
I think "Apollo" is a good name. Delphi’s dad!
iranian have good wishes for delphi.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:12 am
I have to agree with the comments above with respect to keeping Borland for the Development side and letting the ALM side change to Inprise.
If that doesn’t work for management, then definately something from Greek mythology. (preferably without a negatively ending storyline)
Thanks,
Jeff Young
June 6th, 2006 at 11:59 am
Frank’s Software
Frankly Coding
FrankCo
deNALiROB or ROB deNALi
OO-so-RAD
iRAD (uRAD–we all RAD)
I.ware
I-ware
iWARE
RADCoder
June 9th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Delphi + Kylix = DeLiX
D++
DBuilder
Dynx
LexZuS
DelZus
Delcules
June 9th, 2006 at 7:50 pm
I think this would be a good choice..
Borland and Friends = "Borends"
just like here in the Philippines, Delphi has many friends…. :))
sounds only for 5 yrs old below…
"Dora" sounds cute.. lolz
June 9th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Muck Ficrosoft
June 10th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
"TurboD"
"Blaiser" (Not Greek, but neither was Blaise Pascal.)
"Ardent" (From a quote: "Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves." - Blaise Pascal - French mathematician, physicist [1623 - 1662])
Roo
Houston, Texas
Registered Borland Pascal user since "Turbo Pascal 3.0"
June 10th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Come see us in the Delphi:Tricks’n'Tips forum
June 11th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
IDE for Linux (return of kylix) or patches please.
June 13th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
TurboLand
XDevs
BDLand
June 14th, 2006 at 8:09 am
I think,
DevLand or
Olypmus/Olympian
June 19th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
presoft
(predict soft)
June 21st, 2006 at 6:17 pm
treehouse
June 22nd, 2006 at 6:42 am
Calendria
Implementation
Absolute
Motive
Excite
International Software Group
Best Software
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:26 am
Ya’ll are missing the most obvious name:
PARNASSAS SOFTWARE
Parnassas is the HOME OF DELPHI, People! It is a Greek mountain, and Delphi sits on its southern slope.
Imagine the logo possibilities. A mountain with several slopes, each being a different product in the IDE line, one of which is Delphi..
Sheesh
Randy
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:30 pm
I think a good name would be "Infinion", meaning that the possibilities are endless.
Have a thought about it.
Cheers
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Bordeli
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:18 pm
betrayed
exiled
sold out
dispossessed
disinherited
rippedoff
lost birthright
cut adrift
let down
shamed
June 23rd, 2006 at 1:42 am
Brute Source
The Dark (Dork?) sIDE
Codessa
Devious
BTW: I love both Omphalos and the prIDE suggestion!
June 23rd, 2006 at 1:51 am
BPL(Borland Package Library)
BDS(Borland Developer Studio) vs. vs.
if BlueLand or BeachLand vs. vs.
not change BPL, BDS name…
June 29th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
"DevCo" !
Just keep it as it is !
June 30th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
I actually think that according with the new IDEa of the compay you must choose the name…
You alredy knew it but…
Well I prefer such names acording with someting related to the greek city of delphos, or some game of words in greek… I also prefer the word "Turbo" in the products of Borland
Maybe Something Like:
TURBO Delphi
Turbo Idea, TurboIDEA
Delphi Infinite IDE
Turbo Infinite IDE
June 30th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
TURBO Blaise (Blaise Pascal)
Turbo Blaiser IDE
July 1st, 2006 at 12:42 am
Just Delphi this is a good name
July 4th, 2006 at 6:11 am
I think :
- Delphi Labs
- IDE Labs
- Deland (;
- or just keep "DevCo"
best regards
July 12th, 2006 at 7:37 am
i would like for the Delphi to stay the same. You could do something suggested by others, just change the companies name: DevCo Delphi Studio or DevCo. Developer Studio.
Genesis is a great name. Genesis Studio, but the name doesn’t sound anymore. For those that would not be up to date and would like to get uptodate would have trouble finding Delphi.
Delphi is the name of the IDE i represent myself. Hopefully it will stay on.
July 13th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
how about "Phoenix"…
- A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
Comeback for Developer Tools
July 30th, 2006 at 8:14 am
suggestion: rename Borland to Inprise and DevCo to Borland
August 14th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
"Pangu",
Pangu is one and first mythos’s man of China. He splited the chaos world use his axe, so the world have sky and the earth.
I wish the new company can splited the chaos with your axe and your tools, so I suggest the new company’s name is "Pangu".
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I am a Chinese.
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My email is :Yangyutian@hotmail.com
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September 13th, 2006 at 9:02 am
ProvIDE as in proven IDE? also Pro for professional
TurboDev
ProDev
Pangu sounds like Pingu who is a penguin (say no more)
No more Greek ones please! They’re mince.
Or stick with DevCo as everybody knows it now.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:08 am
The Delphi Company
November 6th, 2006 at 1:07 am
??turbo
December 12th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
How about "CodeGear"? <BG>
June 28th, 2007 at 12:45 am
May I have a company name with the above name
August 1st, 2007 at 4:58 am
I m a Indian based in Dubai(UAE).i m planning to start a contracting company but i m little bit confused in the name of co.i m already running a company name Horizon.
Thanx
Regards
Farhan Ali Khan
December 20th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Business Manager
December 20th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Business Software
December 20th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Business Mind