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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!yale!yale.edu!think.com!barmar
  2. From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.object
  4. Subject: Re: Is Borland the leader in technology?
  5. Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:27:01 GMT
  6. Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
  7. Lines: 13
  8. Message-ID: <1eecf5INNim8@early-bird.think.com>
  9. References: <1992Nov17.124222.12003@bsu-ucs>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com
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  12. In article <1992Nov17.124222.12003@bsu-ucs> 00skolis@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
  13. >Borland claims to be the leader in Object Oriented Programming. Why do
  14. >you feel they can hold this title in concern to the latest in technology?
  15.  
  16. They're probably making this claim based on market share, not necessarily
  17. on technical comparison.  This is a common marketing strategy.  I wouldn't
  18. be surprised if their Turbo C++ is the largest selling OO language product.
  19. Does Turbo Pascal have OO facilities, too?
  20. -- 
  21. Barry Margolin
  22. System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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