I knew most of the people who were at Borland in their early years. I heard your name once or twice, as someone in the background, maybe having to do with consulting to the company. However, maybe you could clear-up the “co-founder” aspect by writing about the actual things you did at the company as co-founder. I think that would be interesting, even for me. I think I also remember another Berry who had some connection with the company, perhaps a lawyer, or ??

Ted.

“Borland successfully launched a series of blockbusters that included Sidekick, Turbo Pascal, SuperKey and Lightning, all developed in Denmark. According to the London IPO filings, the management team was Philippe Kahn as President, Spencer Ozawa as VP of Operations, Marie Bourget as CFO, Spencer Leyton as VP of business development, while all software development was continuing to take place in Denmark and later London as the Danish co-founders moved there. While the Danes remained majority shareholders, Board members were Philippe Kahn, Tim Berry, John Nash and David Heller. With the assistance of John Nash and David Heller, both British members of the Borland Board, the company was taken public on London’s Unlisted Securities Market (USM) in 1986. Shroders was the lead investment banker.”

That’s at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland

Which of course doesn’t prove anything, but it’s true, and my suggestion if you want to dig further is to ask Philippe Kahn, the founder. Or you could also consult the book “Fire in the Valley,” by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swain, second edition, beginning with a quote from me on page 196, at the beginning of the Borland chapter. I was one of four members of the original founding board, and I remained on the board until the company went public in 1986. I was never an employee, however.

Borland has been bought and sold by investors several times over since Phillippe left. The company has no incentive to keep accurate history on its website. Although the three they do mention, Neils, Ole, and Mogens, were absolutely critical to the success from the very beginning — they were the actual programmers who did the real work.

Thanks for checking.

Tim

The “co-founders” listed are:

Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, and Mogens Glad

There is no mention of you. Please explain.