Borland at PDC05

I've been keeping my eyes open for people I recognize from the conference formally known as BorCon. I've spotted two real live Borland employees: John Kaster and Danny Thorpe. I only saw John in passing, but I was able to speak to Danny for a little bit. While he didn't say John was the only other Borland employee here, he didn't mention any others.

I am not counting all the former Borland employees I spotted. There certainly are a lot of them. I wonder where Microsoft would be if they didn't have Borland to hire from. I don't blame anyone for the migration from Borland to Microsoft, just think it is interesting.

I also spotted Don Bowker of the BorCon 2004 advisory board. There are a lot of people here, so it is hard to see everyone so I may have missed others, or I still may see them.

In the Expo hall there are a number traditional of Borland ISV's: DevExpress, Raize, RemObjects, Falafel, etc. Borland themselves is suspiciously missing. Before the conspiracy theorists get started I am going to suggest it was a huge mistake or error that Borland is not here, nothing more.

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