BorCon now DevCon

When the BorCon 2005 page was first updated they put bold on the word developers. In some of the comments about the announcement it was indicated that Borland was refocusing on developers. Today the BorCon page today shows it has been renamed DevCon. I guess that says a lot about refocusing on development.

First impulse is this is a good sign. Borland is continuing back to their roots as a developer's tool company. They are listening to the developers who want to see a greater focus on them (self aren't they). This is a stark contrast to Microsoft and their abandonment of their Visual Basic 6 Developers. Nice to know there is a development tools company that is still about "Developers, developers, developers."

With some more thought I realize this will be one of those things where everyone keeps calling it BorCon for a few years. The big question is will the public catch on to the name change before the company changes it back?

In related news, the call for papers is now open as well.