Borland was taken over by managers and did themselves in:
- bought DBase for WAY too much money when flat files DB were on the way out.
- spent lavishly on a new HQ in Mountain View
- renamed themselves to the pompous name of "Inprise"
- suddenly jacked up the price of all their packages so high that their natural user base started looking elsewhere, rather than trying to convince their boss to pay for licences.
...And then came the web, for which they had no product to sell.
Microsoft was only happy to help their downfall by poaching and copying.
- bought DBase for WAY too much money when flat files DB were on the way out.
- spent lavishly on a new HQ in Mountain View
- renamed themselves to the pompous name of "Inprise"
- suddenly jacked up the price of all their packages so high that their natural user base started looking elsewhere, rather than trying to convince their boss to pay for licences.
...And then came the web, for which they had no product to sell.
Microsoft was only happy to help their downfall by poaching and copying.