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I paid 100 euros in today's money for Turbo Pascal for Windows 1.5, the last TP version before Delphi got released.

Likewise I paid 150 euros in today's money for Turbo C++ for Windows a couple of years later.

Borland products were king for small business, but then they decided to switch focus to corporate users, and the rest is history.

As side note, Delphi and C++ Builder are still quite loved in Germany, several companies keep using them, and there is at least an yearly conference.



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