Re: Dang 'em Rags

Oh yes. I remember Turbo Pascal, the first couple of Delphi's, Borland C,
etc. Used Borland languages exclusively when I started out in some of these
languages. It was affordable. Today, what the hey? Pricing alone Borland is
shooting itself in the foot in comparison with MS near givaways. I just got
a copy of the Visual Studio Net 2005 Beta 2 on disk for shipping alone and
downloaded a copy of Visual C++ 2005. Sure it's beta 2, but free.

I'll play around with Delphi 2005 when it arrives in a few days. Perhaps
I'll find some use for it to justify taking time away from my other
endeavors and languages. But it's a real drag that it's starting to feel
like a vaccuum in the Delphi world these days. I had high hopes for
returning to Delphi one day and now that I've taken that step it appears I'm
too late.

Boo hoo hoo. ;-|

-R

"snide" <nospam@work> wrote in message
news:4361e9f9$0$25146$4d4eb98e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The Kro$oft steamroller does'nt give opponents a chance, but I think that
> Borland/Inprise also has a responsability in the waning you describe.
> Do you remember Turbo Pascal, and the first releases of Delphi ?
> The policy was by that time to offer cheap development tools to students
> and
> professional users.
> Now look at the bill when you purchase the latest version : the old price
> has increased tenfold !
> Then compare with Visual Basic cost and make your choice.
>
> Personnaly, I could also add that .NET features are of no interest to me.
> I develop softwares for industrial applications. I'm more interested in
> functionnalities like good reporting tools, hardware and system support
> (USB, OLE ....) than in Web applications. Many users are probably
> disappointed when they discover that their brand new Delphi can't do as
> much
> as the old D6 or D7.
>
>
> Denis
>
>


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