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  Borland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borland was therefore started as a private Californian company by Niels Jensen and Ole Henriksen in February 1982 and was eventually incorporated in August 1983 with Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn as the main stockholders.
Philippe Kahn and the Borland board came to a disagreement on how to focus the company, and the Borland board of directors fired Kahn as CEO, President and Chairman of Borland, a position he had held for 12 years, in January 1995.
Under the Borland name and a new management team headed by President and CEO Dale L. Fuller, a now-smaller and profitable Borland refocused on Delphi, and created a version of Delphi and C++ Builder for Linux, both under the name Kylix.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borland_International   (1815 words)

  
 Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International Inc. (1995)
Rather, Borland argues that it "lawfully copied the unprotectable menus of Lotus 1-2-3." Borland contends that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is not copyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from protection by 17 U.S.C. § 102(b).
Borland, in particular, is highly critical of the district court for not employing the Altai test.
Borland argues that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is uncopyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from copyright protection by 17 U.S.C. § 102(b).
www.law.uconn.edu /homes/swilf/ip/cases/lotus.htm   (8280 words)

  
 LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. BORLAND INTERNATIONAL INC., 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995). (LOISLAW)
Borland included the Lotus menu command hierarchy in its programs to make them compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 so that spreadsheet users who were already familiar with Lotus 1-2-3 would be able to switch to the Borland programs without having to learn new commands or rewrite their Lotus macros.
In its motion, Borland contended that the Lotus 1-2-3 menus were not copyrightable as a matter of law and that no reasonable trier of fact could find that the similarity between its products and Lotus 1-2-3 was sufficient to sustain a determination of infringement.
Rather, Borland argues that it "lawfully copied the unprotectable menus of Lotus 1-2-3." Borland contends that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is not copyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from protection by 17 U.S.C. (b).
www.law.cornell.edu /copyright/cases/49_F3d_807.htm   (7250 words)

  
 Applying Fundamental Copyright Principles to Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International, Inc.
Borland designed and implemented in program code its own user interface, as to which no claim of infringement was made.
Borland begins its infringement analysis with an explicit refusal to treat as unprotected idea the very systemic aspects of the Lotus 1-2-3 interface that are denied protection under Baker.
Borland argues that the precise menu commands and menu structure are necessary to such functional compatibility.
homepages.law.asu.edu /~dkarjala/Articles/HighTechLJ1995.html   (6133 words)

  
 BC++ Patches
This patch provides enhancements to the Integrated Resource Workshop in Borland C++ 5.01 which includes BWCC bitmap button support in the dialog editor and static icons and bitmaps show up at preview and design time.
Due to the way that exception handling was implemented in the Borland C++ product, calling into a 32-bit DLL built with Borland C++ from an application that was not built with Borland C++ results in a failure (typically a system exception).
Future versions of Borland C++ will revert to the previous behavior of rejecting this syntax as soon as the fix from Microsoft is available.
info.borland.com /devsupport/borlandcpp/patches.html   (1054 words)

  
 Borland sues Microsoft over brain drain | CNET News.com
Borland claims that in the past 30 months, Microsoft has hired 34 of the ailing software developer's key employees by offering "large signing bonuses of several millions of dollars and other incentives," according to the suit.
Borland executives said the injunction will only be temporary and for a "specific period." But Yocam declined to specify how long the injunction would be in place.
Borland is seeking unspecified financial damages and an immediate end to what it terms as Microsoft's "unfair practice of targeting Borland employees in order to hamper the company's ability to compete" in the development tools market.
news.com.com /2100-1023-279561.html   (914 words)

  
 Borland Internatrional Incorporated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Borland International, Inc. (the ''Company'') is engaged in the single business segment of designing, producing and marketing computer software and services, primarily programming language and database management tools, for the business and independent software developer community.
Borland International, as the most other software companies, is facing a lot of challenges.
Borland revenues and gross profits are declining year to year, as shown at the Exhibit 5.
www.neiu.edu /~agkanali/ACTG401/Borland.html   (4875 words)

  
 Lotus v. Borland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Lotus filed this action against Borland in the District of Massachusetts on July 2, 1990, four days after a district court held that the Lotus 1-2-3 ``menu structure, taken as a whole--including the choice of command terms [and] the structure and order of those terms,'' was protected expression covered by Lotus's copyrights.
Rather, Borland argues that it ``lawfully copied the unprotectable menus of Lotus 1-2-3.'' Borland contends that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is not copyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from protection by 17 U.S.C. s 102(b).
Borland argues that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is uncopyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from copyright protection by 17 U.S.C. 102(b).
samsara.law.cwru.edu /comp_law/lotus.html   (7282 words)

  
 discuss@charon: [75] in OS/2_Discussion
Borland C++ is Borland's fourth generation compiler that provides professional users with a standard-setting compiler and tools for building quick and powerful C and C++ applications.
Borland C++ for OS/2 shares a common heritage with Borland C++ 3.1 by including a number of powerful features such as a graphical user interface (GUI) based integrated development environment (IDE), global optimization, support for C++ 3.0, object-oriented debugging, precompiled headers, the ability to transfer to user-defined programs and tools, and smart project management.
Borland C++ for OS/2 is compatible with ATandT C++ and ANSI C language standards, giving users the full benefits of using a compiler that meets the standard requirements of professional programmers.
diswww.mit.edu /charon/os2d/75   (2388 words)

  
 Borland Demonstrates Support For Oracle Platform At Oracle OpenWorld '97
Borland DataGateway is designed to provide high-performance JDBC database access using native drivers on a middle-tier to corporate information residing on Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, and InterBase servers, desktop databases and ODBC data sources.
Borland JBuilder is a family of highly-productive, visual development tools for creating high-performance, platform-independent applications using the Java programming language.
Borland is distinguished for its award-winning family of rapid application development tools and scalable middleware technology for desktop, client/server, Internet/intranet, and enterprise systems.
www.ncns.com /news/997/datagateway.html   (716 words)

  
 Lotus v. Borland
Lotus filed this action against Borland in the District of Massachusetts on July 2, 1990, four days after a district court held that the Lotus 1-2-3 "menu structure, taken as a whole -- including the choice of command terms [and] the structure and order of those terms," was protected expression covered by Lotus's copyrights.
Lotus and Borland filed cross motions for summary judgment; the district court denied both motions on March 20, 1992, concluding that "neither party's motion is supported by the record." Borland I, 788 F.
In this appeal, we are faced only with whether the Lotus menu command hierarchy is copyrightable subject matter in the first instance, for Borland concedes that Lotus has a valid copyright in Lotus 1-2-3 as a whole [5] and admits to factually copying the Lotus menu command hierarchy.
www-swiss.ai.mit.edu /6805/articles/int-prop/lotus/lotus-borland-appeal-Mar95.html   (7379 words)

  
 Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International
Rather, Borland argues that it "lawfully copied the unprotectable menus of Lotus 1-2-3." Borland contends that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is not copyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from protection by 17 U.S.C. Section 102(b).
In this appeal, we are faced only with whether the Lotus menu command hierarchy is copyrightable subject matter in the first instance, for Borland concedes that Lotus has a valid copyright in Lotus 1-2-3 as a whole[5] and admits to factually copying the Lotus menu command hierarchy.
Borland argues that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is uncopyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from copyright protection by 17 U.S.C. Section 102(b).
law.richmond.edu /JOLT/v1i1/lotus_v._borland.html   (7419 words)

  
 Borland Testimony
Until its acquisition by Borland in 1991, Ashton-Tate was one of the world's largest computer software companies.
On behalf of Borland I want to comment specifically on Question 4 in the Hearing Notice, and if time permits more generally on questions regarding the scope of protection for visual aspects of software programs.
Like all other software companies, Borland invests heavily in both the creation and acquisition of new software products, and like other companies Borland needs strong government enforcement of existing intellectual property rights, especially in foreign markets, in order to protect its investments.
lpf.ai.mit.edu /Patents/testimony/statements/borland.testimony.html   (2046 words)

  
 Borland International Retreat
Many of you are familiar with the name Borland International: It was made famous by its founder Philippe Kahn, who released Turbo Pascal for US$49.95 back in 1983.
Borland employs two people, Tami Casey and Anne Quackenbush; other such companies are IBM, Intel, SPC, Sue, Aldus, Asymetrix, Corel, GeoWorks, Microsoft, WordPerfect, Symantec etc. User groups were originally imagined to harbour pirates and hackers (the new definition) and therefore not worth bothering about.
He was having a haircut at Supercuts (a budget-priced chain of hairdressers) when the lady next to him was heard saying how she worked for Borland and would not normally be seen there as she was so important.
www.melbpc.org.au /pcupdate/9100/9108article3.htm   (1987 words)

  
 Text of BORLAND Case Where LOTUS Loses Menu Structure Copyright
Lotus and Borland filed cross motions for summary judgment; the district court denied both motions on March 20, 1992, concluding that "neither party's motion is supported by the record." Borland I, 788 F. Supp.
Rather, Borland argues that it "lawfully copied the unprotectable menus of Lotus 1-2-3." Borland contends that the Lotus menu command hierarchy is not copyrightable because it is a system, method of operation, process, or procedure foreclosed from protection by 17 U.S.C. 102(b).
In that case, however, the plaintiff did not show that the defendant had copied the plaintiff's menus or keystrokes, so the court was not directly faced with whether the menus or keystrokes constituted an unprotectable method of operation.
www.kuesterlaw.com /borlan2.html   (6934 words)

  
 UML Modeling for Software Architecture Design - by Borland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Borland Together for Eclipse is a comprehensive, multi-language modeling platform for software practitioners who design, develop, and/or communicate software architectures while working with stakeholders from across development and business organizations.
Borland Together 2006 for Visual Studio is a UML® modeling platform for software practitioners who use Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 and need to improve communication or develop quality code faster by using visual models to optimize the transformation from requirements definition to software architecture and code.
Borland® Together®; for Visual Studio is a visual modeling platform designed to accelerate the analysis, design, and development of complex enterprise applications in a.NET® environment.
www.togethersoft.com   (675 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Borland Delphi 2005 Architect: Software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
International Shipping: This title can be shipped to select countries outside the U.S. Explore the Software Available for International Shipping Store for a complete selection of software and games as well as shipping details.
Borland® Delphi™; 2005 Architect is the ultimate and complete development solution for Windows.® With Delphi, C#, Microsoft®.NET Framework and Win32® support for GUI, Web, database, modeling, and ALM in one hyperproductive RAD environment, Delphi 2005 takes the power of Delphi to the next level, making Windows development tasks faster, better, and easier.
Borland Delphi 2005 Architect is the ultimate and complete development solution for Windows.
www.amazon.com /HDA0005WWFS180-Borland-Delphi-2005-Architect/dp/B000692NEG   (401 words)

  
 Borland International Inc - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Borland International Inc - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Borland International, Inc., American computer software and programming languages company with headquarters in Scotts Valley, California.
Goods manufactured in the state include aircraft and other transport equipment, electronics, industrial machinery, scientific instruments, printed...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Borland_International_Inc.html   (124 words)

  
 Inprise Becomes Borland -- Again - Technology News by TechWeb
Borland International Inc., the once high-flying Silicon Valley software company that hit the financial skids in the mid-1990s after failing to unseat Microsoft Corp. (stock: MSFT) as the leader in Windows development tools, announced two years ago it was changing its name to Inprise during a big media event in San Francisco.
"The Borland name has more recognition in the marketplace and more respect in the marketplace than the Inprise name will ever be able to have," Ted Shelton, senior vice president of business development for Inprise, said.
Borland Developer Services, headquartered in Chicago, will target companies that want to build and deploy applications through a hosted, secure environment, as opposed to development teams building in-house applications for deployment behind the corporate firewall.
www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB20001108S0016   (531 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Borland International, Inc., 49 F.3d 807, 809 (1st Cir.
While the record cites at this point are to a Borland data file which needed to recognize the 1-2-3 command words and order to operate, Lotus' statement incorrectly implies that the words did in fact appear in the Lotus code.
For example, an extremely common programming technique used for programs with international sales (such as word processors or database programs) does not spell out the menu command words in the program code.
www.eff.org /legal/cases/Lotus_cases/compsci_1095_supct_amicus.brief   (5335 words)

  
 ZDNet India > News > international > Borland targets .Net developers
Borland had great success with developers in the 1990s with its Delphi programming application, which made it quicker to build visually oriented Windows applications.
In the past several months, Borland has been looking to parlay its popularity with developers and gain greater visibility with those higher-level executives who make buying decisions, said Chad Robinson, an analyst at information technology consultancy the Robert Frances Group.
"Borland has this huge base of developers that love their products but for IT executives, CFOs, CEOs, team managers--people at that level that make decisions--a lot of times Borland doesn't come up" as a potential partner, Robinson said.
www.zdnetindia.com /news/international/stories/75533.html   (732 words)

  
 Borland International Statement on Software Patents
This distinction between the enforcement of existing rights and a broadening of the underlying scope of protection was recently addressed at the 1993 Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy in which the Vice-President, the Commerce Secretary and the Commissioner all participated.
The Xerox research produced a methodology of interface design that is based upon what Xerox researchers called a taxonomy or classification for user interface analysis.
Under our intellectual property scheme, the conceptual model of a particular piece of software would not be protectable at all except of course insofar as it may be protected by trade secret or under the terms of a contract or confidential relationship.
www.jamesshuggins.com /h/tek1/software_patent_borland.htm   (2615 words)

  
 Borland: The Leading Provider of Technology for Software Applications
Borland Appoints Tod Nielsen as New President and CEO
About Borland: Borland is the global leader in platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization (SDO).
SDO is the transformation of software development into a managed business process that aligns the people, process and technology required to maximize the business value of software.
www.borland.com /uk   (207 words)

  
 Borland: Kahn's C-mas CD promotes space exploration - Borland International Inc.'s Philippe Kahn Newsbytes News Network ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Borland listed the musicians on the CD as guests as noted artists Alex Acuna, John Abercrombie, Peter Erskine, Alan Broadbent, Leslie Ann Jones, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, Paul Contos, Dave Eshelman, Patti Cathcart and Russ Tincher.
The first, sent for the holidays last year, was "Pacific High." Recorded and produced by Kahn in 1990, Pacific High's theme focused on the contributions of the Silicon Valley and the Pacific Rim to global communications.
In the Borland video "The World of Objects," Kahn appears with a band drawing parallels between the musicians and the parts they play and objects in programming to promote C++, Borland's object-oriented programming language.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1991_Dec_20/ai_11652030   (399 words)

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