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Jared Showalter <shonwald@gate.REMOVETHIS.net> wrote:

> I think the problem is that some of the compiler code (in highly
> modified
> form, I hope) is still in use in products like Delphi. My copy of
> Delphi 1.0 is Copyright *1983* to 1995.

AFAIH, the Delphi 2.0 compiler was completely rewritten in C.

> If they fail to protect their
> copyright on the older programs, another software company could take
> them
> to court and have the copyright revoked because Borland isn't trying to
> uphold it.

Myth! See the "10 Big Myths about copyright explained" FAQ
(posted regularly to news.announce.newusers, news.answers, ...)

> > > Does _Borland_ take the view that we should be setting up with GNU
> > > Pascal & such?
> >
> >    I doubt Borland cares at all.  If they did, they'd be right out there
> > in the marketplace with a highly competitive 32 bit DOS product (which
> > they are obviously not doing...).

They obviously take the view (as evidenced more than once by postings in
c.l.p.b) that we should switch to Delphi. Maybe they're not able to imagine
that there are people who don't want to program in/for Windoze?

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