Borland preparing C#-based tool suite
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Software tools vendor Borland is preparing a new integrated development environment based on Microsoft's C# language.
5 February 2003 Software tools vendor Borland is preparing a new integrated development environment (IDE) based on Microsoft's C# language. Unlike Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net suite, the tool will operate on a range of operating systems and other programming languages.
The news follows an announcement at the end of January that Borland had licensed Microsoft's .Net framework software development kit, becoming the first software vendor to do so.
Code-named Sidewinder, the IDE is slated for a summer launch and will address the emerging application lifecycle management market. Sidewinder will also support alternative Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and common object request broker architecture (CORBA) technologies.
In addition, it will also support the unified modelling language (UML) for application modelling and integration with a variety of databases, including Oracle, IBM DB2 and Borland's own InterBase relational database.
"We're taking the .Net framework and surrounding it with enterprise tools specifically for mixed environments, by adding design elements and the full applications lifecycle development," Michael Swindell, director of product strategies at Borland told CNet News.
As a result of Borland's deal with Microsoft, users of Borland's tools will receive the Microsoft .Net runtime bundled with Borland's products. Previously at deployment time, Borland users have had to log into the Microsoft web site to download the .Net runtime to complete the development.
