Longhorn, so named for its support of Microsoft's planned technologies for the Longhorn generation of the Windows OS, will support the Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Communications Foundation for Web services. Microsoft had code-named them "Avalon" and "Indigo," respectively. Managed C++ support also will be added along with ECO support for C++.

Also at Borland DevCon, Borland officials touted the Borland Tempo technology for IT management and governance. Borland acquired this technology when it purchased Legadero percent' in October. Featured is visual "requirements elicitation" technology to help IT personnel and persons on the business side better communicate on software application needs.

An attendee hailed the requirements elicitation technology as filling a gap. "That's really [been] lacking," said Gary Mueller, and engineer/programmer at Behlen Building Systems in Columbus, Neb.

Borland this week announced that it tapped former Oracle and BEA Systems executive Tod Nielsen as its new CEO. Scott Arnold, who had been acting CEO following the resignation of Dale Fuller percent'in July, will leave Borland after a transition period, according to the company.