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LOL .NET was absolutely chock full of ex-Borland people. They laid off just a ton of people in some late 90s pre-dotcom downturn. Indiscriminately I assume be
by mattgrice 2y ago
LOL .NET was absolutely chock full of ex-Borland people. They laid off just a ton of people in some late 90s pre-dotcom downturn. Indiscriminately I assume because a lot of them went on to be very prominent at MS and especially in .NET. My first director as a new software engineer in MS VC++ had been 'accidentally' laid off by Borland. Apparently they tried to hit the undo button the next day but he'd already been hired by MS, so Borland fired his manager. I guess that's one way of reducing headcount.