Re: What I saw at MS Launch

Kyle A. Miller wrote:

> The shelving allowed files to be placed in limbo and passed between
> developers until it's ready for official check-in. Not sure if
> StarTeam has this. Someone could tell me.

It does not. Someone else saw this and asked about it in
starteam.general. The StarTeam folks were at DevCon and I attended
most sessions, as well as some between-session gatherings. I never
heard this mentioned or suggested as a future enhancement.

It could be done by creating a view for each user. But this wouldn't
be ideal, IMHO.

> Quality is a destination always pursued and never reached.

I disagree. *Quality* is a destination that can be reached.
*Perfection* is not.

> Kudos to the executive team for the purchase decisions they made. The
> acquisitions seem much more sensible than the ones made during the
> Inprise days. Kudos to the engineers for bringing it all together.

Ditto! It is truly amazing what Borland developers accomplish with a
limited staff.

> Developing a new generation of the IDE while integrating all of the
> newly acquired toolsets in addition to supporting emerging MS
> technologies like .NET and supporting existing frameworks like the
> VCL is no small or easy task.

Ditto! To be able to maintain my ancient D2 VCL apps, create new VCL
apps, create .NET apps, all within a single IDE is just amazing. If I
was mean spirited, I'd be rubbing it into the faces of those poor VB6
folks. But, they have it bad enough as it is... :)

> Kudos to the developer relations folks for introducing all of this
> to us and keeping our heads straight while the competition
> propaganda machine turns and showers the masses with free products.

I tell ya, the DevRel folks definitely make Borland stand out for us
developers. Even though I Kudo-ed as often as I could at DevCon, KUDO!

--
Jon Robertson
Borland Certified Advanced Delphi 7 Developer
MedEvolve, Inc
http://www.medevolve.com
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