Re: Is anything spectacular going to happen around Delphi anymore?

From: Derek Davidson (derek.davidson_at_REMOVEenterpriseblue.co.uk)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: 28 Jun 2004 06:36:58 -0700

Anders Isaksson wrote:

> there is a vast range of (commercial) programs out
> there which have never seen the backend of a database, or got stuck
> in a web.

I agree. But, in my experience there is a much, MUCH vaster range that
have and do. In fact, I cannot think of a single non-trivial app that
I have worked on that has not made use of a dabatbase. Not one. 

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