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by selectnull 491 days ago
It was Borland management's incompetence that sent all the best talent to Microsoft.
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gramie 491 days ago
Well, the $1 million signing bonus they gave Anders (back in 1996 when that meant something, slightly over $2 million today) probably didn't hurt.
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selectnull 491 days ago
He got a technical fellow title, the money, and the company that enabled him to make all the good things in the future. He would have never made any of that if he stayed with Borland.
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CRConrad 490 days ago
> the company that enabled him [Anders Hejlsberg] to make all the good things in the future.

Too bad, then, that he / they didn't.

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markus_zhang 491 days ago
If value by Seattle housing market, probably way more than 2 million. I'd assume people usually dump this kind of money in housing markets.
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