Re: Delphi 8 ... is it a worthy investment?

From: Wayne Niddery [TeamB] (wniddery_at_chaffaci.on.ca)
Date: 03/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 01:28:59 -0500

Ian wrote:
>
> If I'm being critical, then that reads to me like putting words in my
> mouth.

I was very careful to include a question mark, but I'll agree I could phrase
such things better.

>> Anything new generally costs a lot initially, but it gradually
>> becomes the norm and the cost drops over time. This is already
>> happening with the "enterprise" tools - Starteam was among the most
>> expensive SCC products out there - several $1000s to get started,
>> now it's an incremental cost when buying Delphi. Same for Bold -
>> around $3500 and now only an extra ~$500. IOW, by acquiring these
>> products, Borland has made them *very* afforable to a huge number of
>> developers that simply would not have even considered them before.
>
> Agreed, but there is a danger that the new features are introduced at
> a price level that makes them unattractive. I want the features, but
> not at that price, so I go to a 3rd party for a solution. By the time
> Borland are pricing their feature at a level I am interested in, I'm
> committed to a different path.

This can certainly happen - no matter what features and what price
adjustments are made, it may cause it to go out of someone's price
tolerance, but as above, it also brings it *into* tolerance for others. I
hope there will be opportunities for Borland to offer more options in some
form or another, it's just a question of whether the effort is justified. 

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