Re: PC Plus magazine (UK) - Delphi 8 review

From: Derek Davidson (derek.davidson_at_REMOVEenterpriseblue.co.uk)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: 25 Feb 2004 12:41:29 -0800

Wayne Niddery [TeamB] wrote:

> This has been hashed over many times already, but the simple fact is
> had Borland waited *even longer* to get a .Net version released, they
> would've lost customers directly that simply weren't willing to wait
> any longer, and they would've lost big time in PR.

I'm in full agreement with you here Wayne. Reading between the lines,
we seem to share the same view that Borland would have done better to
release it sooner if that were practicable.

>> Not that many people seem to be willing to embrace the .NET
>> wagon at this stage.
>
> I honestly believe you are badly mistaken here. *Even if* most are
> not ready to go into full production of .net apps, most want the tool
> in order to learn, research, and experiment as part of forming their
> plans for actual development later.

Agreed again.

> But in addition to this, ASP.NET is (already here*
> - already being used extensively for new development.

My company web-site has been re-provided using ASP.NET (not yet gone
public so please don't take the 'holding' page as an indication of the
pleasures in coding in ASP.NET <g>)
 
> ... disaffected VB users that, faced with rewrites to
> VB.Net, decided to give Delphi a look-see instead.

This is another plus for Borland. They have been fastidious in
maintaining backward compatability. Something MS has shown a savage
disregard for at times. 

-- 
Derek Davidson
Enterprise Blue
http://www.enterpriseblue.co.uk

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