Borland is releasing a C# IDE called Sidewinder.

Borland recently announced that they are releasing C#Builder. An application for creating .Net applications in C# on the Windows 2003 platform.

I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. Sure they will add some features that Microsoft does not currently offer in the stock VS.Net installation. For example: Requirements Management and Collaboration among other items. But from reading the article http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=7597, these are not add-in's into Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE. This is an entirely new IDE created by Borland. This is the part I just don't get, Microsoft has always ruled when it comes to creating IDE's. 

Microsoft has assimilated and destroyed so many IDE vendors, what makes Borland think they will be successful. Even if they add features that Microsoft does not support, the VS IDE was built to support plug-ins so that other vendors can create and extend the Microsoft footprint. This capability was brilliant on Microsoft's part and it will enable Microsoft to surpass whatever any other IDE vendor has to offer.

Have I missed something here?

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  • Sure microsoft has taken out lots of IDE vendors. But they have yet to take out Borland. That said, Borland isn't the powerhouse that they used to be. They is just trying to keep their head above water.

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