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

Dave Nottage [TeamB] wrote:

Connectivity is not just the dbExpress driver. It also requires the
vendor to have connectivity support for the platform. MS have
connectivity support on Windows, ie the MSSQL client. MS don't support
connectivity from Linux.

Lots of Windows stuff can be made to work on Linux with adaptation
layers. Codecs, WLAN hardware, etcetera. Borland used Wine to get
their IDE running if I'm not mistaking. I only wish they had done the
same for ODBC, but it's too late now.







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