There is also another factor to include in all of this, and that is Linux. Borland was correct in their assessment of Linux (the Kylix project), but they failed miserably with regards to timing. They also gravely underestimated Linux user's sense of quality, depending on Wine (a Windows virtualization framework) to even function. They also underestimated Freepascal and Lazarus, because Linux is something FPC does exceptionally well. Competing financially against free products wont work unless you bring outs

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