Borland Announces RAD Pack for Delphi; RAD Pack Shortens Development Cycles by Combining Popular Borland Productivity Tools

Business Wire, May 2, 1995

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 1995--In response to the growing demand from Delphi customers for tools that will further speed up their development cycles and increase their productivity, Borland International Inc. today at DB/Expo announced the RAD Pack for Delphi, a powerful new companion tool set, which combines many of Borland's award-winning products into one competitively-priced package. Delphi and Delphi Client/Server, Borland's new rapid application development tools, are already successful among the major resellers in the United States.

"Delphi has been very successful to date, and is quickly becoming a rapid application development tool market leader," said Kathy Pendergast, software buyer at CompUSA.

The RAD Pack includes the Visual Component Library source code, Resource Workshop, Resource Expert, Visual Solutions Pack, Delphi Language Reference Guide and Turbo Debugger in one box to provide Delphi developers with a faster and more productive way to deliver solutions.

"Delphi's widespread early acceptance and support has prompted us to provide our customers with even more tools to rapidly increase programmer productivity," said David Watkins, vice president of Marketing and Support at Borland. "Based on our research, we've included this set of tools in the RAD Pack because these are the most frequently requested by Delphi customers."

The Delphi RAD Pack includes the following tools:

Visual Component Library source code -- contains source code for over 70 components in Delphi, which developers can study and modify to create custom components.

Resource Workshop -- allows developers to extract and modify standard Windows resources, such as icons, cursors, bitmaps, and dialogs.

Resource Expert -- converts standard resource scripts into Delphi forms.

Visual Solutions Pack -- a collection of VBX custom controls including, spreadsheet control, WYSIWYG word processors, asynchronous communications, image editors and many eye-catching gadgets.

Delphi Language Reference Guide -- a printed reference of the Object Pascal language, including an in-depth reference of over 250 pages for the more advanced developer.

Turbo Debugger for Windows -- Borland's award-winning debugger for the professional developer.

Pricing and Availability

The RAD Pack will be available on June 1, 1995 through major resellers or directly from Borland at a suggested retail price of $249.95. All prices are in U.S. dollars and apply only in the U.S. and Canada. Dealer prices may vary. For more information, customers can call (800) 453-3375 extension 1309.

About Borland

Borland International Inc. (NASDAQ:BORL) is a leading provider of products and services targeted to software developers. Borland is distinguished for its high-quality software development tools, which include Delphi, Delphi Client/Server, Borland C , dBASE, Paradox and InterBase. Borland's award-winning products are supported through comprehensive programs for small- and large-sized software developers, corporate developers, value added resellers and system integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. For more information on Borland products and services, customers can access Borland Online, Borland's World Wide Web (WWW) site, at http://www.borland.com.

CONTACT: Borland International Inc.

Gillian Webster, 408/431-5862

gwebster@wpo.borland.com

Marcy Schrader, 408/431-4304

mschrader@wpo.borland.com