Re: Calling Borland Marketing

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I've been published (as an Electrical
Engineer in Chemical Engineering Progress<vbg>). I'm too slow minded to get
publishable content at more than a nickle an hour payback. I'm a
strategist, not a marketeer and certainly not an author. "A man's gotta
know his limitations."

I've offered my input and help, at the cost of commitment and connection of
those who would make it happen. If I'm convinced Borland wants to make a
mission of this I'm in. If not then I'm not going to beat my head against
the wall. As I've stated clearly before, to be successful it is something
Borland must take on.

Right now they seem to have higher priorities, probably for good reason.
Dunno, that's their call. In any case, without their commitment, so do I.

I saw the comments here and decided to respond, I didn't bring this subject
up again. My comments are free and worth every cent<g>.

Dan


"Rick Carter" <carterrk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4327192c$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I suggest you hide this paper from those you wish to win over. But, WTF
> do
>>I know about the VB community.
>
> Thanks for elaborating, Dan! I was only skimming the article (I think I
> already know most of what he was saying about the Delphi IDE and
> language),
> and I can see that the tone is very condescending in a variety of places.
> Plus, it's really outdated. Borland does not seem to be trumpeting
> Kylix as a cross-platform solution any more, and who said that all
> programmers want or need all their programs to run on Linux, anyway?
> So that point seems to be pounded to a ridiculous extent.
>
> Plus, the VB language has changed, and we can no longer say
> that it's truly not OO, or that it's inferior to other languages.
> I think there is a case to be made for using Delphi rather than VB for
> new projects which will need to run for years to come, and you've
> articulated the reasons yourself in other posts.
>
> In short, I think it's time for a new article, or series of articles,
> to help VB programmers through the transition. Dan, I think we would
> all be glad to see you step up to the plate, if you can. DevRel should
> be more than willing to part with some "Get Published" dollars for this!
>
> Rick Carter
> carterrk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
>
> --- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com


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