Borland IDE tools get Eclipsed.

The article highlights the acquisition of Segue Software Inc. by the software company Borland International Inc. The acquisition and divestment of the integrated development environment (IDE) tools line of Segue is being viewed as the inevitable evolution of the tools space amid the force of the open-source movement. California, Cupertino based Borland announced its intent to acquire Segue Software for $100 million and divestment of its IDE tools. The company said it will enrich the application lifecycle management tools of Segue Software. The key reason Borland left the tools space was the commoditization of that segment, led by the force of Eclipse, the open-source IDE developed by International Business machines Corp. and which spun into an independent entity in 2004. Building a business around IDEs is becoming increasingly difficult as comprehensive tools are provided by free rivals such as Edipse. Borland invented the IDE market when the company began selling Turbo Pascal in 1983.