Not only did they shoot themselves regarding Delphi, they also missed the C++ RAD market.
I used to joke Visual C++ had nothing to do with visual, when comparing it with what was possible in C++ Builder concerning GUI RAD tooling support.
OWL and VCL were ages beyond what MFC could do, and there was the VB like experience for UI design.
But they went astray with their management decisions and now Visual C++ has actually become visual thanks to C++/CX and XAML (not counting the two C++ .NET variants).
I used to joke Visual C++ had nothing to do with visual, when comparing it with what was possible in C++ Builder concerning GUI RAD tooling support.
OWL and VCL were ages beyond what MFC could do, and there was the VB like experience for UI design.
But they went astray with their management decisions and now Visual C++ has actually become visual thanks to C++/CX and XAML (not counting the two C++ .NET variants).