Version after Version

A new version out almost every year it appears. Is each new version
actually better than the last? If you are a free-lance programmer as opposed
to working in a corporate enviroment, is it really worth paying the upgrade
price every year or two?

Is Version 7 the last strictly Win32 version in Delphi before getting into
the NET thingy?

If you program strictly client-side (on the PC) and like executables that
are not bloated, would sticking with an earlier version be better to use?
What version would that be?

Any VB or ex-VB (5 or 6) programmers here that can relate to my situation
(desiring smaller deployment size applications for download efficiency as
well as more control over system elements) and share their thoughts on the
versions of Delphi?

I've not been in the Borland world since 1994. Before then I was strictly
Borland (C++ and Delphi). Didn't even know they were still around as they
don't make much headlines as in the old days. MS this, MS that is all you
hear. So I'm probing the possibility of programming Delphi again. Just want
to make sure also that I'm not going to waste time doing so if the company
is going belly up or support is diminishing.

What say you?

Thanks in advance.

Rick


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