Re: Delphi for Obsolete.NET - Microsoft's Plans Realised?

Jon Shemitz wrote:

You can't blame the Linux users for Kylix's failure. That one was 100%
Made In Borland.

OK, you made your point.

I am one of those who got Kylix 3 prof. for free with Delphi 7 and never
used it.

The reason? It offered no connectivity to MS Sql server.
So much for cross-platform if Kylix can't connect to Windows
databases.

So we never got started with either Dbexpress, Kylix or CLX - simply had no
use for it.









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