Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .Net framework now shipping

Issued by Borland Software
Johannesburg, 12 Jan 2004

Borland Software Corporation today announced the immediate availability of Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .Net framework.

More than half of the Borland customers who are Delphi developers are planning to move to the .Net framework within the next year. This latest edition of the award-winning Delphi development environment outlines a clear path for the future of Delphi, enabling Delphi developers to use their existing Delphi language and framework skills to create .Net framework-based applications and migrate existing Win32 Delphi applications to the .Net framework.

Features

Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .Net framework is engineered to address the needs of Delphi developers by providing a pure Delphi, pure .Net framework solution with support for all .Net framework classes. This new development environment is designed to enable rapid development of rich and reliable applications with:

* Microsoft ASP.Net Web Forms and XML Web services for robust Web development.

* Windows Forms and Visual Control Library (VCL) Controls and hundreds of included classes and controls.

* Microsoft ADO.Net and Borland Data Provider (BDP) for high-performance database applications.

* Borland Enterprise Core Objects (ECO) to accelerate design-driven development.

Benefits

Development teams are able to use Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .Net framework to upgrade their Delphi investments by:

* Sharing components and source with over 20 languages that run on the .Net framework.

* Increasing competitive advantage by developing for the next generation Windows platform today.

* Augmenting reliability, security, interoperability and capabilities of Delphi-based products by migrating them to the .Net framework.

Pricing and availability

Borland is now shipping three editions of Delphi 8: Borland Delphi Architect Edition for model-driven application design and development, Borland Delphi Enterprise Edition for teams building enterprise-class databases applications with Microsoft ADO.Net and Borland Delphi Professional Edition ideal for individuals building Web and GUI applications for the Microsoft .Net framework.

Borland is launching Delphi 8 on the following dates:

Johannesburg: Wednesday, 11 February 2004

Cape Town: Thursday, 12 February 2004

More information is available at www.borland.co.za.

Borland

Borland Software Corporation (Nasdaq NM: BORL) is a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions that are designed to accelerate the entire application development lifecycle. By connecting managers, testers, designers, developers and implementers in real-time, Borland software is designed to enable enterprises worldwide to define and sustain their competitive advantage. For more information, visit http://www.borland.com or the Borland Developer Network at http://bdn.borland.com.

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