Why should anyone buy or form new Delphi-Co?
- From: "Ray A." <nomorespam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 Feb 2006 00:34:07 -0700
In the flurry of threads discussing the new situation at Borland there
is one seemingly absent discussion that I haven?t quite seen here in
these newsgroups yet.
Why should anyone buy or form new Delphi-Co?
I don?t know much about buying, selling, or splitting companies, but I
think this is an important question for potential buyers and investors.
If there is any time to be convincing anyone, now is the time for those
ideas to help keep Delphi in then interest of those who can keep it
going.
Obviously many of us here want to keep Delphi around for the
foreseeable future. I think we need to throw out some ideas for the
potential buyers, in a context that they will be interested in, rather
then just contexts that we (as developers) are interested in. Maybe
something positive will resonate out of the discussion to better secure
the future of Delphi.
I hope this will start a positive new thread that leads to good things.
I?m not at my best at 2am but here I go?
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Buying the Borland IDE-Tools division is not simply buying an
Integrated Development Environment for resale under a new company
banner. It?s buying access to a technologically savvy workforce, and
market space. The market can really grow with the right forces driving
the new company. There is still a lot of money to be made. There are
still a lot of technology avenues to be explored and realized.
This workforce is waiting for solid commitment, focus, and resources to
continue to deliver top-notch products. In the past, struggles with
shifting priorities and focus within Borland took away from those
efforts. Customers felt this impact and desired much more than what
was being delivered. Those that may have switched to other products
would come back, provided they felt that the quality and focus were
back for the long term. Recently the latest Delphi product release has
been a major improvement, and the morale of the customer base is
rising. Keeping the momentum going at this point is sure to increase
the success of turning a profit while maintain a healthy industry.
This market space consists of not just Developers, that build widget X,
or product Y for company Z, but the entire market that supports them as
well. Delphi?s 3rd party market for example is 2nd to none, and
provides excellent technologies for: database connectivity, reporting,
charting, client/server, multi-tier, and web development. (the list
goes on?) Sure there are similar products in other markets, but few can
really match the innovation, and quality in these areas that are built
with Delphi. Because these technologies are great, there is a demand
to build with them. That demand will be greater with a company focused
on growing it with good marketing strategy.
One of the most interesting things that drew me into Delphi is the fact
that source code comes included. I?m not talking about ?Open Source?
software, but a kind of reassuring quality for those who buy Delphi
(and Delphi based 3rd Party products) that is different from other
markets. This provides both a tool for learning and helps in assuring
that products that are built can be sustained, despite certain changes
in the market or technology. I personally think that this model is not
utilized to it?s full potential. Where source code is provided in this
commercial setting, it can be expanded on. NOT by moving it toward
?Open Source?, but by providing additional valuable services. Services
that can help fulfill the needs for customers to advance, and adapt,
the technology in ways that the competition simply can?t.
There is plenty of room for growth in this market space since
Developers need and greatly desire more advancement in Delphi
technology for:
Microsoft .Net
VCL (Interfaces, Unicode, Design Patterns, etc?)
Multi-platform (Apple, Linux, etc..)
Native 64-bit
Internationalization (via Unicode VCL (maybe as VCL2?))
Mobile/Embedded Devices
(the list goes on?)
Part of this demand has been built on the steady infrastructure that is
Delphi, while other demand comes from much wanted advancements in that
infrastructure. I think of this as two opposite ends of an airplane
wing. Build the wings on each side evenly and your airplane will fly.
Build them uneven it will crash. We need a company that can handle
this concept. We want to fly without crashing. We want to buy without
wasting our limited resources.
A steady dedicated effort, with the right resources, can bring these
advancements, to the market for people to buy. And we want to buy,
because we want to build something great to sell. For others to buy
and use, then we get paid too, and go home happy.
Just my 2c.
Ray
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