There was a certain joy in buying a Borland product and getting a 25 cm cube of a box that contained a detailed reference manual, a getting started guide, a qui

There was a certain joy in buying a Borland product and getting a 25 cm cube of a box that contained a detailed reference manual, a getting started guide, a quick reference booklet, and a bunch of diskettes or (later) CDs. Flipping through the reference manual and discovering new things just as you needed them was so much fun. I was less productive than I am now, but making something was more satisfying.