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

Dave Nottage [TeamB] wrote:

I'd hardly expect Borland to provide one since there wasn't
(and still isn't) support from MS for it.

Did Borland honestly expect database manufacturers to come running after
them and start developing dbExpress stuff?

To develop a proprietary technology, such as Midas/dbexpress, was
Borland's choice alone, not anybody else's. It was their little gimmick
that generated income from Midas deployment licences.

So yes, of course I would expect Borland to come with drivers, or at
least to come with a "bridge" that connects to non-proprietary drivers.

> Cross-platform in this sense means being able to compile the app for
> Linux or Windows with little or no changes to the code.

Cross-platform to me means I can compile the app for Linux and Windows
and both executables do the same thing. If the feature set is severely
reduced on the Linux side then the concept is not viable.




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