Despite a burst of attention directed at new languages like Java and C#, C++ use continues to grow. At the same time, .NET-driven changes in Microsoft's popular Visual C++ tool may alienate some C++ developers. Into this scene arrives Borland Software Corp. with C++ Builder 6.
Billing it as nothing less than the 'most comprehensive development tool of
all time,' Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today rolled out
the long anticipated Visual Studio .NET software suite at the VSLive! 2002 Conference
in San Francisco.
The new software subsidiary of Palm Inc. finally got a name (PalmSource)
with the unveiling of the fresh operating system for the parent firm's
PDA.