Philippe Kahn of Borland, in his own words

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Philippe Kahn, founder and CEO of Borland International Inc, describes the company's corporate culture as 'barbarian', meaning it focuses on substance rather than form. Borland is attempting to acquire Ashton-Tate, the company behind dBASE, one of the most popular data base management products. Kahn feels that customer service will be improved following the merger because dBASE and Borland's Paradox can be integrated. His company plans to continue to support and upgrade dBASE, Paradox, C++ and Pascal by adding new environments such as Microsoft Windows. Borland is facing a court case against Lotus Development Corp on allegations that its Quattro Pro spreadsheet software offers a Lotus 1-2-3 command system. Kahn considers the case crucial; if Lotus wins, he says, the decision could stifle competition and innovation in the software industry because the message that would be conveyed will be that it is more important to be first than to be better.

Management, Usage, Officials and employees, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Microsoft Corp., Electronic mail systems, E-mail, Email, Product enhancement, Business planning, MSFT, Lotus Development Corp., Borland International Inc., LOTS, Kahn, Philippe, interview, Outlook, Acquisition, Ashton-Tate Corp., TATE, Lotus 1-2-3 (Spreadsheet software), Borland dBASE (DBMS), BORL, Borland Quattro Pro (Spreadsheet software), Borland Paradox (DBMS)

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Feared computer plague passes with very few infections; computer security experts fear a backlash after the buildup

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The worldwide alarm notwithstanding, the Michelangelo virus fails to cause the damage it was expected to trigger on Mar 7, 1992. The virus was believed to be lethal to data in IBM and IBM-compatible microcomputers. Reports of data loss were generally isolated; the worst hit could have happened in South Africa, where about 750 microcomputers used by pharmacists crashed. In South America, a newspaper lost all its computer records because its computer clocks were incorrectly set. Two British companies and a number of US businesses reported problems but the consensus was that the publicity was overdone. While anti-virus software publishers experienced a windfall in sales, there are fears that a backlash could ensue. Meanwhile, reports from Europe indicated that the virus could have emanated from a Taiwanese program-copying house. Copies of software that were manufactured by the company have been found to have the Michelangelo virus.

Computer viruses, Data security, Copy protection, Virus, Software Protection

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