[fpc-other] Borland /was/ planning a 32 bit TP for Dos

[Henry Vermaak]

On 6 February 2010 20:37, Jonas Maebe <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> See http://blogs.embarcadero.com/chrishesik/2010/02/05/35169 (excerpts from an old internal Borland market/roadmap document).
>
> TP32 for Dos was mainly for "harvesting" purposes though: "This 32-bit compiler code base will enable us to continue to harvest upgrade revenues with new versions."
>
> At the end, it reads: "But this revenue stream will decline over time if there is no clear commitment to Pascal on 32 bit DOS and Windows."
>
> Apparently they didn't see "and some people might simply start writing their own compiler" coming :)

:)  And they didn't think that all those other platforms will become
important, either.

Henry