IMO, the 80% off is about the price it should have been in the first place.
 Why pay a grand for a tool when so many other tools are open?  $200 is
much more palitable when competing with free.

Alan

At 07:37 AM 5/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
>FYI...hadn't even heard about this promotion until I got this from EBiz;
>I suspect Kylix, in spite of all the build-up, is not flying off the
>shelves.  Yes, it's proprietary...but it's also the key to moving
>thousands of apps written in Delphi over to Linux in short order.  For
>one, I hope Kylix survives.
>
>Tom
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Major Price Reduction on Kylix Development software for Linux
>Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:44:07 -0500
>From: "Kylix for Linux" <webmaster@linuxmall.com>
>
>---------------
>PRICE REDUCTION
>---------------
>Last week, we did a big promotion, offering Kylix from Borland for a
>low,
>low discounted price (regular price $999). Today, we're extending the
>offer!! Between today and August 28, 2001, you'll be able to buy Kylix
>for
>only $199 -- that's 80% off the original price.
>
>Visit http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/03590 to get your copy of Borland's
>Kylix Desktop Linux development software for only $199!!
>
>---------------------------------------
>Kylix Desktop Development Edition
>http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/03590
>$199.00
>---------------------------------------
>
>Accelerate your Linux GUI development with Kylix Desktop Development
>Edition, the RAD tool for Linux. Build sophisticated highly visual
>end-user GUI applications with the ease of drag-and-drop development.
>
>Kylix is the only Linux development tool that combines the world?s
>fastest
>compiler with the most productive visual design environment and GUI
>development. Combine Kylix and Delphi to use one set of skills and one
>code base to develop your application for both Linux and Windows.
>
>Order your copy now at $199.00!
>http://www.linuxmall.com/shop/03590
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