Re: Moving from Delphi to C++
From: Jeff Overcash (TeamB) (jeffovercash_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 12/14/03
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:48:49 -0500
Here is the first open letter exactly as published. It was never changed. I
dare anyone to find Kevin's "we are dropping Win32 id .NET takes off" in it.
"As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Borland, we are also celebrating
the 8th anniversary of Borland® Delphi.™ Delphi has been an ongoing and
an integral part of the success of Borland. Each release of Delphi has
focused on improving the day to day lives of developers by radically
simplifying the latest trends and technologies in IT. In 2002 Borland
shipped the most successful Delphi edition to date, Delphi 7 Studio.
Delphi 7 Studio introduced the next-generation concepts of Model Driven
Development to deliver major productivity improvements. "Borland
software has helped speed up application development ten-fold,
dramatically reduced administrative workload, and ultimately improved
the robustness and stability of the parliament's document management
system." -Ulf Christoffersson, Deputy Secretary General, Swedish
Parliament
For the 8th anniversary of Delphi, Borland is preparing the most
significant Delphi release, code named "Octane". Delphi has always
followed the Microsoft® Windows® platform closely, providing support for
new Windows technologies as they are introduced. In 2003 Microsoft is
readying a new Windows operating system, Windows Server 2003,
specifically designed around the next release of the .NET platform.
Octane will provide full support for both Windows 2003 and the
Microsoft® .NET Framework.
Helping our customers move into the future without abandoning the past
is more than a mantra at Borland. It is a core value, and Octane is a
perfect embodiment of this value. Octane will continue to provide Visual
Component Library (VCL) and Component Library for Cross-platform (CLX)
development for Win32® as well as new features and continued framework,
compiler, IDE, and design time enhancements. However, the most
significant new features are in the world of .NET. Octane will include
full Delphi language support for building 100% pure .NET applications.
This will include integrated visual development for the entire .NET
framework including Windows Forms, ASP.NET WebForms and Web Services,
and ADO.NET. In addition, Octane will also include a pure .NET version
of the VCL framework to enable the migration of existing Win32
applications to .NET. The combination of the Delphi for .NET language,
VCL for .NET framework and design time tools will enable Delphi
developers to instantly leverage all of their existing knowledge and
skills and much of their existing source code for the .NET platform.
This is our commitment to the Delphi user community.
Octane will be based on a new Windows-based IDE core that is designed to
host multiple Win32 and .NET development systems. The same IDE will
support both Win32 and .NET development with the same IDE experience.
Octane is well underway and our release plan is to deliver Octane at the
end of 2003. Plans are also well underway for Delphi releases in 2004
and beyond. At Borland we are excited to continue the Delphi journey
with you, the best developers and customers in the world, for many years
to come.
Simon Thornhill
Vice President and General Manager
RAD Solutions"
That was the original road map and you will notice things like "Octane will
provide full support for both Windows 2003" which must mean a win32 update was
originally planned with the Octane release since 2003 is a Win32 OS. It also
states "Octane will continue to provide Visual Component Library (VCL) and
Component Library for Cross-platform (CLX) development for Win32® as well as new
features and continued framework, compiler, IDE, and design time enhancements."
Which clearly and unambiguously states they were planning a Win32 update as part
of Octane.
The second open letter gave a new road map that states the Win32 update will
come after the release of Octane. Both letters state clearly that they intend
to continue to support the Win32 platform (from the second letter) "Borland
certainly believes that there are still many more Win32 projects to be developed
with Delphi for years to come and do plan to support and update the Win32 Delphi
technology in the future.".
Are both letters .NET heavy - yes. But so is virtually any release from MS
these days. To not trumpet that Borland is going to make .NET programming
easier would be stupid on Borland's part. They have already made Win32
programming simplier, they are trying to get the word out that they intend to do
the same for .NET. This letter though does not even come close to implying what
Kevin has been saying it said.
--
Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
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little helping hand just a little understanding. Just some answers to the
questions that surround me now. If there's somebody up there could
they throw me down a line. (Fish)
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