Re: Delphi 2005 Pro - Converting a D7 Project to it... (long!)

From: Ingvar Nilsen (telcontr_at_online-not-this-part-.no)
Date: 12/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:24:01 +0100

marc hoffman wrote:
>> Me too, but take a closer look at the DVD next time, it is much
>> more there than you realize. Wasn't Borland C# builder a typical
>> DVD only issue? It came with the .Net framework and everything.
>
>
> hmm. how did Borland manage to make the install work from /that/ DVD?
> I heard that distributing software was a very complicated endeavor
> and far exceeded Borland's limited resources...

They did not. PC Plus has someone that does this, every month, every
year, for at least five years now. They have one man full-time employed
to do this. I talked to the guy, one month PC Plus wanted our CBT
software on the cover CD/DVD, but management here was dawdling over it
too long (that's another story).

PC Plus has been quite a Borland shop <g>.
dBase, Paradox, D1..D7, C++ Builder, and now C# Builder.
Soon we will see D2005 on the cover DVD (!) too, lol.

Tip to Borland:

Have PC Plus compile all the good Delphi tutorials they have had and
issue that together with Delphi and/or make it available for PDF
download. I am sure *all* complaints about the lack of "getting started"
and "how to" documentation will cease.

Their Delphi tutors are very well written, and little version specific! 

-- 
Ingvar Nilsen

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