Borland's Kylix was a promising (but still rather buggy) tool to create GUI applications (programs with a Graphical User Interface) on Linux. However, before being able to fulfill that promise 'to the max' Kylix was discontinued. In other words: all support and further development of Kylix has been terminated by Borland.

Needless to say, this step is a heavy blow for all companies and individuals which have invested time and money in Kylix-based projects on Linux.

It has been claimed that this was the result of a non-public agreement with Microsoft, where Borland would abandon all products for Linux in exchange for receiving .NET based technology from Microsoft. This would indeed be a clever move by Microsoft because it (1) binds Borland to Windows and (2) disrupts the possibility of a Visual-Basic-like programming-tool being available on Linux.

Although Kylix is still available on the Borland Website (for prices ranging from $ 129.00 to $1,999.00), we no longer feel that maintaining this Kylix section will be worth our effort and time.

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