2009年10月01日起，GrapeCity集團(tuán)正式接管FarPoint公司，慧都科技代理的原 FarPoint公司正式更名為 GrapeCity集團(tuán)，原頁面地址不變。

　　慧都科技將一如既往的為廣大客戶提供最優(yōu)質(zhì)的控件資訊、培訓(xùn)及相關(guān)的技術(shù)支持。同時(shí)，祝廣大客戶雙節(jié)快樂！祝祖國(guó)更加繁榮、富強(qiáng)！

以下是 GrapeCity集團(tuán)就此事發(fā)表的相關(guān)聲明：

　　2009年09月15日，GrapeCity集團(tuán)宣布同美國(guó)FarPoint公司達(dá)成收購協(xié)議，GrapeCity將購買所有FarPoint公司旗下的產(chǎn)品和相應(yīng)的營(yíng)業(yè)收入。FarPoint公司是一家在表單控件領(lǐng)域有著很高知名度的工具軟件提供商，其表單產(chǎn)品一直在行業(yè)內(nèi)占領(lǐng)先地位，在市場(chǎng)上屢獲殊榮。

　　GrapeCity集團(tuán)在以往的十幾年里，一直對(duì)FarPoint的產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行日化工作，把它們推薦到競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈的日本市場(chǎng)進(jìn)行銷售和技術(shù)支持。通過這次收購，GrapeCity將把FarPoint的產(chǎn)品繼續(xù)推向全球市場(chǎng)，包括將要發(fā)布的在WinForm和WebForm上的新版本，以及在MS Silverlight和WPF平臺(tái)上的更新版本。GrapeCity集團(tuán)將于2009年10月01日起正式接管FarPoint公司，整個(gè)過渡期將持續(xù)六個(gè)月。

　　GrapeCity集團(tuán)社長(zhǎng)Naoyuki Baba說：“FarPoint公司產(chǎn)品高性能和高質(zhì)量一直讓我欽佩，實(shí)際上，在日本MS的開發(fā)平臺(tái)上，F(xiàn)arPoint公司提供的開發(fā)工具一直是開發(fā)人員使用率最高的產(chǎn)品之一。在過去的25年時(shí)間里，我們致力于向全球客戶推薦最好的軟件解決方案，現(xiàn)在我們認(rèn)為是最好的時(shí)機(jī)將FarPoint的產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的推廣；另一方面，他們高質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品也將幫助GrapeCity在開發(fā)工具這一縱深領(lǐng)域更深入的發(fā)展”。

　　FarPoint公司CEO，Rick Williamson說：“在過去的15年里，GrapeCity一直是我們值得信任的合作伙伴，經(jīng)過審慎地思考，考慮到所有股東、職員的利益，公司現(xiàn)在、將來的發(fā)展，我們相信GrapeCity是最合適的接管者，它能保持我們的傳統(tǒng)，并繼續(xù)將我們的產(chǎn)品推向更大的市場(chǎng)，這也正是進(jìn)行這次嚴(yán)肅的商業(yè)拓展計(jì)劃的期望所在。”

以下是關(guān)于 FarPoint 總裁 Rick Williamson 就此事對(duì)外發(fā)表的原文：

Dear Loyal FarPoint Customer,
 
As many of you may know, FarPoint has been in business since 1991, making us the oldest component business in the US. We would like to thank each and every one of you who have been with us for all or part of those 18 years.We have always strived to deliver the best products possible, put our customers first and make it a positive experience for everyone involved.

October 1st, 2009 is the start of an exciting new era for FarPoint.FarPoint has been acquired by GrapeCity, the largest component vendor in the world.  What does this mean to you, a FarPoint customer?  Everything.GrapeCity has been reselling FarPoint Spread in Japan since 1994.  Spread
has been the #1 selling component in Japan every year since it was introduced.  GrapeCity has the incentive and the resources to take Spread to a new level and do it on an International stage.  With over 800 employees worldwide, the Spread team now has access to invaluable resources we could only dream about in the past.  You will see new releases, new platforms and integration with other products owned by GrapeCity, including their ActiveReports reporting components.

You can rest assure that we will continue our award winning support and documentation.  Our goal is to make it even better.  GrapeCity chose to keep each and every FarPoint employee, so the familiar faces you know will still be there.

FarPoint had a lot of goals that had not yet been met in the component marketplace.  As we internally discussed how to better serve our customers and meet our goals, we felt that we needed to be bigger.  That led us to pursuing a closer relationship with GrapeCity.  This acquisition truly is a win-win for everyone involved, especially you the customer.

It is an exciting time to be a Spread user. Again, thank you for your support of FarPoint over the past 18 years, and as we take this next step forward, we plan to far exceed your expectations in the future. As always,we encourage your feedback. Please send any comments or questions to grapecity@fpoint.com.

Rick Williamson
CEO, FarPoint Technologies