No news is inexcusable for Borland

Since Borland announced in February that they are going to spin off their IDE business (including Delphi and InterBase), the Developer Tools Group (DTG) has been busy doing stuff and preparing for the spin-off, but none that energy has gone into informing the current customer base what is happening. Good news have always been available just "next week", but now that it's already October, I'm growing a bit impatient about Borland DTG and their ability to actually deliver what thay say the would.

But, I'm not the only one complaining. Check out the Borland Usenet newsgroups, or see the blog entry from DevExpress. Or, check the response to latest Nick Hodges blog post.

What especially Delphi developers need is a clearly and loudly communicated, official information what the company is doing for it's products (Delphi) and how the spin-off is doing. Customers are looking for .NET 2.0 support (heck, .NET 3.0 is soon here and Borland doesn't even have a Delphi .NET 2.0 beta out), the 64-bit compiler, and support for mobile development (Windows CE/Pocket PC). In this situation, a no-news strategy is inexcusable, if Borland DTG is willing to keep its current customer base. Otherwise, those left will rapidly move to Visual Studio. With the current state of things, I don't think many look back.

So Borland, get your act together!