"These Turbo products are just the start of our developer focus," Intersimone said on Monday. A 21-year Borland employee, Intersimone will be moving to the new company once the tools unit is sold.

In a statement, Borland said Raize Software, which offers tools and components to integrate with Borland development platforms, cited the need for tools that accommodate developers who do not need all the features of Developer Studio.

'While the full-featured Developer Studio product is an excellent development environment, there are many developers that simply do not need all the frameworks and programming languages that are included,' said Ray Konopka, president of Raize, in the statement. 'Providing low-cost, single language/frameworks, the new Turbo editions are a clear indicator that the Developer Tools Group is focused on all developers, not just those in large corporate development shops."

The Turbo products will be generally available in September, Intersimone said. Pricing for the Professional products will be less than US$500, the company said.