Turbo is back!

Borland (or should I say DTG) today announced what I'd already been waiting for: a back-to-root set of development tools aimed at the hobbyist/semi-pro developer looking for a low cost. And naturally, these products are called the Turbo products. They also have a web site dedicated to these tools at turboexplorer.com.

The products that will become available are Turbo C++, Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET and Turbo C#. Price will be less than $500, says the company. What does this mean? For me, this means more Borland users in the field. Visual Studio has decreased the number of Borland users, since it is a more advanced solution for .NET development and costs less (or is even free, as in the Express versions). Although I love both Visual Studio and Delphi, competition is good for all of us.

Another thing that Borland is going to do with their Turbo line is to trying bring the excitement back. Compared to MSDN, Borland had BDN, but in my opinion that has been only a shadow of what it could be. Also read eWeek's commentary. More info will follow as I get my hands on these new products.