Re: I think Delphi 9 Win32 could be huge success...

From: J O Holloway (respond.to.group_at_your.convenience)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:37:29 -0500

That would be impressive, to see .NET fail. I know, you're only saying it
won't be a huge success; I'm saying that in Microsoft's eyes, anything less
than a huge success would mean failure. As much money as they're sinking
into the .NET framework, they really do seem to be "betting the company" on
it. They're porting over everything to this framework, including all their
server apps like SQL Server 2005. Therefore, eventually (sooner rather than
later) all new PCs which have the MS "OS" will also have the .NET framework.
Sounds like "write once, run anywhere, even over the net" to me. Lofty
goal, but I'll bet the idea of causing a transition from 16-bit to 32-bit
looked like a non-starter back then.

I'm no fanboy of MS, but I'm not going to ignore the fact that there's a
gorilla in the room.

The only surprise I ever get, day to day, is that Borland continues to make
any money, considering that their marketing (at least, here in the US)
ranges from meager to nonexistant. Every day, in the ISV where I work, we
get the message that we're going to Java or .NET, and away from Delphi,
sooner rather than later, end of story. It's not so much that our
leadership dislikes Delphi; it's more that our customers are trained by MS
to ask if we're using MS tools.

That's always a shocker, too, to have a client ask me about my tools. Take
buying a car as a contrasting example. Not once have I ever inquired of the
dealer whether the manufacturer used a specific brand of sheetmetal press in
building the vehicle. Why do our customers ask what tools we're using? MS
marketing, that's why. If Borland wants to really compete with that,
they're going to have to market more, not just to my boss and his boss, but
also to the IT consumer at large, so that the day comes when any customer
asks if I've written my software using Borland tools, if they ask at all.

"mrDelphi4ever" <eisoph@sky3l.com> wrote in message
news:40cf1ede@newsgroups.borland.com...
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