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Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++ and Turbo Assembler. Back then Borland had the most advanced IDE's. Can you imagine a world where Borland was still king? No more Micros
by unnouinceput 5y ago
Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++ and Turbo Assembler. Back then Borland had the most advanced IDE's. Can you imagine a world where Borland was still king? No more Microsoft, no more Apple, no more Google as all developers would flock to Borland's tools only. Need that time machine, I want to go to a Universe where this is the norm.
- emteycz 5y agoTo be fair, Borland was built on the success of Microsoft - DOS as well as Windows.
- unnouinceput 5y agoHard disagree. Borland was successful before Microsoft's DOS was mainstream. They had their Turbo "everything" in 80's when DOS was struggling to kill DR, their direct competitor at the time. What you remember is probably Turbo 7.0, which was the most used of their products and that was in 90's when Microsoft was king now for IMB compatible OS. As for Windows, let's not forget that Microsoft had to kill OS/2 first and even after that, they had a full decade before XP unified gaming and NT under one roof. Up to that point you'd dual boot a W98 for gaming and a (W2K or W3.51)/NT for business
- emteycz 5y agoOK, you're probably right. This is my post-facto impression only. It's true Borland would be able to produce the same software for other dominant platforms too.
- benibela 5y agoI need that time machine, too It is the only way to make my 20 years of Delphi/FPC experience relevant for anything