This is simply a restatement of what Philippe Kahn showed the world and more particularly Microsoft. The Borland compiler came pretty much from no where and bec

This is simply a restatement of what Philippe Kahn showed the world and more particularly Microsoft. The Borland compiler came pretty much from no where and became a serious competitor for the powers that be. While the IDE was quite impressive, the major difference lay in the price. As I remember it, Borland was very near $100 while Microsoft was much closer to $500. Details (some) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Kahn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Kahn More elsewhere by way of Google or your favorite search engine.