FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Company Contacts:

Christy Barsotti, Borland Software Corporation, 408-863-2965, Christy.Barsotti@borland.com
Josh Aroner, Zeno Group, 415-369-8107, Josh.Aroner@zenogroup.com

Borland® Delphi® Takes Home Best GUI in

Software Development Readers Choice Awards

CUPERTINO, Calif.  October 6, 2005  Borland Software Corporation, the global leader for Software Delivery OptimizationTM, today announced that Borland® Delphi® received CMP Medias Software Development Readers Choice Award for Best GUI in the small to medium-sized business category. Awards were presented during the SD Best Practices conference on Wednesday, September 28th in Boston. In addition, Borland Delphi and Borland CodeWright® were named runner-up in the Best overall GUI and Most Robust Tool categories, respectively.

Borland remains committed to providing developers with the highest quality tools and solutions available, with focus on increasing both individual and team productivity, said Boz Elloy, senior vice president of software products at Borland.  Id like to thank the Delphi R&D team for their tireless efforts and dedication to our loyal Delphi user community to whom we remain committed to serving with future feature-rich, high quality versions of Delphi.

Borland Delphi is designed to provide a quicker and more cost-effective delivery of enterprise-class Windows applications. Combining both Delphi and C# languages, and support for both the Microsoft® .NET Framework and Win32®, Delphi allows for development of virtually any type of application including rich client, Web and Web Service applications. For more information on Delphi, please visit http://www.borland.com/us/products/delphi/index.html.

About Borland

Founded in 1983, Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ: BORL) is the global leader in platform independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization. The company provides the software and services that align the people, process, and technology required to maximize the business value of software. To learn more about delivering quality software, on time and within budget, visit http://www.borland.com.

Borland, Delphi, Software Delivery Optimization, CodeWright and all other Borland brand and product names are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Win32 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined under the Federal Securities Laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is subject to the safe harbors created by such laws. Forward-looking statements may relate to, but are not limited to, the benefits to be derived from Borland Delphi. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve a number of uncertainties and risks that may cause actual events or results to differ materially. Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, among others, our ability to enhance the quality and scalability of our products, improve the integration and overall functionality of these products as part of our ALM software development platform and evolve our ALM platform toward our vision of SDO; acceptance of our products and services including our enterprise software development platform/solution; our ability to successfully deliver on large transactions; our ability to establish or enhance strategic alliances; rapid technological and business change that can adversely affect the demand for Borland products and services; and general economic factors and capital market conditions. These and other risks may be detailed from time to time in Borland periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and its latest Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained from www.sec.gov. Borland is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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