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Borland fights big brain suck
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| Fierce competitors Microsoft Corp. and Borland International, Inc. have moved
| their battle from the networked desktop to the courtroom.
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| Borland last week filed suit against Microsoft, alleging that the Redmond,
| Wash., giant has been systematically recruiting Borland developers in an
| attempt to eliminate the company as a competitor. Microsoft and Borland are
| rivals in the budding Java and Internet tools markets.
|
| [...]
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| The suit alleges that Microsoft's Bill Gates himself sweetened the pot. Gross
| eventually accepted the offer, which included an additional half-million
| dollar bonus, last September.
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| A noticeably angry Borland CEO Del Yocam complained about the nerve of
| Microsoft. "How flagrant, driving limos up to the front of the company. That
| is what riles you," Yocam complained. Yocam said his No. 1 goal is to get
| Microsoft to stop recruiting.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/0512borland.html
Microsoft now tries this against companies like Adobe. Maybe Novell too.
Microsoft: "Gathering intelligence on enemy activities is critical to the
success of the Slog."
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf
-- Microsoft, internal document
Recent:
Adobe staff under Microsoft lens
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| Head hunters may like to call this intelligence gathering. Microsoft is in
| the process of engaging several executive search firms to conduct extensive
| talent mapping exercises focused on Adobe's development centers in Bangalore
| and Noida. These two centers collectively employ close to 700 people
| primarily constituting product development specialists at various levels of
| seniority.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Jobs/Adobe_staff_under_Microsoft_lens/articleshow/3276228.cms
CodeGear goes Ruby on Rails route
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| Ruby on Rails is an open-source framework--an addition to the
| Ruby language--that has become a popular choice for building
| Web applications, particularly public-facing Web sites.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6183175.html
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