A true story not joke
When Borland's engineer developed Delphi2005, he met an IE compatibility problem. He called Microsoft's support department to seek technical support. Guess how Microsoft answers? MS: "What Version of Visual Basic Are you use?" Borland: "UH ... I'm Not Using Visual Basic. This is written in Delphi. In Fact IS Delphi" MS: "Delphi? Isn't That A BORLAND PRODUCT? "Borland:" Yes it is. "MS:" I think You're going to have to call borland kiln. "Hang up. After the explanation of efforts, the customer service lady is connected to the Technical Support for Borland's engineers. MS: "Do You Have Any Sample Code That Will Demonstrate The Problem? I'm NOT Familiar with The Change That Went Into That Patch." Borland: "Sure, I can put something to together." Hopes raised .... ms: "IS IT IN VB OR VC ?" Borland: "UH, NO. It's Written in Delphi." MS: "Well, We Won't becomle to work with That Since We don't support Delphi." Borland: "OK .. it's going to take a while and i Have Some Serious Deadlines COMING UP. IN Fact We May Have To Release The Product with
This Problem. "MS:" I Understand, But there is no-one "... Original Dipp: http://blogs.borland.com/abauer/archive/2004/10/29 1698.aspx
