Re: Delphi 2005 Personal edition

> > I got D2005 Personal from the German PC Magazine.
> >
> > It doesn't have any database support as far as the VCL is concerned.
> > On the .NET side there is the usual DB-stuff that comes with .NET but
> > none of the BPD components. Nor does it have any of the cool new
> > refactoring features (except for the renaming of variables, but I
> > wouldn't really call that refactoring).
>
> Did you really expect that Borland would ship all the cool features of
> D2005 (like refactoring) in a free version delivered with some PC
> magazine? Features that are not even included on the competing product?

I would.

The point is to get people interested in / hooked on the Borland product and
IDE.

The product is hobbled enough in other ways (eg, no database connectivity
for Win32) to encourage people to move up the product hierarchy.

I would think that by not including refactoring in the personal SKU, Borland
would not be 'putting their best foot forward' with the personal version.

Your attitude seems to me like saying they shouldn't have code insight etc
in personal because it's just the personal version.

They _should_ IMO include the cool IDE features, but leave out selected
functional features.

Also they should exclude integration with StarTeam etc in the personal sku,
which I assume they do.

Lauchlan M


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