How scrappy Borland tripped up

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Borland International Inc, once renowned for the brash spirit it displayed in the software wars, continues to suffer a series of fatal reverses that may prevent it from ever recovering its wonted vigor. The latest blow comes from Federal District Judge Robert E. Keeton, who has ruled that Borland's Quattro Pro spreadsheet software infringes on Lotus Development Corp's copyright for its Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet product. The company may be liable for over $100 million in damages if it fails in its appeal. The fifth largest microcomputer software vendor with annual revenues of $464 million, Borland also lost market share in FYs 1992 and 1993 due to slow product development. Microsoft Windows versions of Quattro Pro and its Paradox database management system were late to market, where $795 Paradox found itself alarmingly underbid by Microsoft Corp's $99 Access database product. Investors have traded Borland's stock down from a high of over $80 a share in early 1992 to a low of $16.25 on Aug 13, 1993. Nevertheless, the very object-oriented programming features that delayed its Windows software for so long may make Borland victorious in the end.

Management, Cases, Database management systems, DBMS software, Copyright, Copyrights, Patents, Organizational behavior, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheet software, DBMS, Object oriented programming, Management Style, Strategic Planning, Competition, Patent/Copyright Issue, Lawsuits, Stock, Financial Stability, Object-Oriented Programming, BORL, Borland Quattro Pro (Spreadsheet software), Borland Paradox (DBMS)

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Word Perfect joins Borland on software

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WordPerfect Corp and Borland International Inc enter into a strategic alliance for the development and marketing of software packages. The partnership's initial offering is Borland Office for Windows, a package that integrates Borland's Quattro Pro for Windows spreadsheet with Paradox for Windows data base management system (DBMS) and WordPerfect's WordPerfect for Windows word processing software. To be sold for $595, the bundled package is intended to compete with the $795 Microsoft Office and Lotus Development Corp's $750 Smart Suite. The two products offer business graphics with word processing and spreadsheets.

Contracts, WordPerfect Corp., Office applications software, Bundled software, Marketing Agreements, Office Automation Software, Borland Office for Windows (Business application suite)

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