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New There is only one reason I can think of. (Conrad, plz note).
There are legions of VB developers (and I mean of all levels - but mostly I'm talking about the "I know VB and that's all" types). Many more of them are disenchanted w/what VB has become and will become in the future. To date, these guys have been unable to make an easy transition to Linux (a brain-dead cat can code VB). Kylix, (although I've only barely installed it) is a simple enough tool for a VB hack to start making Linux desktop apps very, very quickly. If MS buys Borland, they can kill off Kylix before it becomes widely adopted. And from my cursory review of it, I believe it could well be the graphical dev tool that begins the migration of VB goobs to Linux.
New That's the slogan they used at the intro of K1, two yrs ago.
New So where can I get this Kylix?
Cost?

I need to become more than "just a VB guy" right now, since my 18 years of mainframe knowledge and experience are getting rusty.
lincoln
"Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
New So all my zealotry through the years totally passed you by??
From [link|http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_kylix.html|http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_kylix.html] . (Not that it would have been all that hard to find, starting from Borland's front page...)

Cost varies -- the Open version above is free for the download (as is the Enterprise trial on the same page, but that's only for 30/60/90? days).

Otherwise, the [link|http://www.borland.com/kylix/professional/index.html|Professional] version is a mere $250 to a new user, while the [link|http://www.borland.com/kylix/enterprise/index.html|Enterprise] version costs two grand when you aren't upgrading from any previous version (if [link|http://shop.borland.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry16?SP=10024&PN=29&xid=39696&V1=30011519&V2=30011519&V3=1&V4=38&V5=0&S1=&S2=&S3=&S4=&S5=&DSP=0&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0|this link to the Borland shop] doesn't work, just click "Buy Now" from the above-mentioned pages).

If I understand correctly, the [link|http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeclx/|FreeCLX] libraries on SourceForge were supposed to include the database-related stuff that's missing from the Open edition, to bring it up to the level of Professional... But I could be wrong, and it *does* look a bit old... So I don't know for sure. Anyway, if you're tight for money, try the Open Edition first; if that feels good, $250 isn't really all that much for a REALLY *great* IDE/compiler, is it? (Dropped it from $400 a while ago, ISTR -- frankly, it's just an incredible deal, IMO!)
   Christian R. Conrad
Mechanisation

As our souls are slowly stolen
The wheels of progress keep steamrolling
Mechanisation melts our minds
To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
     NOOOOOOO------- - (folkert) - (18)
         Was just about to post that - (drewk)
         Yeah, well... I don't think I'm the only fan they'd lose. -NT - (CRConrad) - (16)
             (And by "fan", I mean PAYING CUSTOMER!) -NT - (CRConrad) - (15)
                 By "they", you mean Borland? - (jb4) - (7)
                     IMO, buying Borland would be a formality. - (inthane-chan) - (6)
                         Yup. Why would MS spend the money? - (Another Scott) - (5)
                             Yeah, that looks about right. - (inthane-chan)
                             There is only one reason I can think of. (Conrad, plz note). - (mmoffitt) - (3)
                                 That's the slogan they used at the intro of K1, two yrs ago. -NT - (CRConrad)
                                 So where can I get this Kylix? - (lincoln) - (1)
                                     So all my zealotry through the years totally passed you by?? - (CRConrad)
                 Well, Conrad, Looks like I WON'T BE LEARNING KYLIX! -NT - (mmoffitt) - (6)
                     Hey, it's FAAAR from a "done deal!", yet... So go ahead! -NT - (CRConrad) - (4)
                         Yabut - (mmoffitt) - (3)
                             So? Either FP/Lazarus is done by then, or... - (CRConrad) - (2)
                                 There's no zealot like an old zealot :-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                     Zealot? Hey, I thought he was just an old Galilean beggar... -NT - (CRConrad)
                     Maybe this is M$'s intent. - (Meerkat)

Those are German nouns, so they must always be capitalized.
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