Re: Captain Jake's Top Ten List of what I'd like to see inthenextversionof Delphi

Don Strenczewilk wrote:
Why are you ignoring the cost of labor to upgrade? If the dcu's/bpl's were
usable with new version of Delphi, both the material and labor to upgrade
Delphi would be reduced, no?

I don't think they are. IMO,the labor involved in upgrading is
virtually the same regardless of dcu/bpl compatibility. One still must
install the upgrade and run regression tests to ensure that everything
is kosher. This involves the same labor cost even if component vendors
provide *free* upgrades to new versions.

Or development costs are a large portion of total costs and if they're going
to spend $500 per developer plus the time required, they would expect to
reap some benefit to offset the cost.

Sure, but this goes to the heart of DevCo providing significant enough
value in the BDS upgrade itself.

I believe DevCo should focus on is making the upgrade of BDS undeniably
worth it.

They can rub their stomachs and pat their heads at the same time, as long as
they don't try to pee and sneeze.

Funny, I didn't see that on the roadmap. ;)

It's a double-edged sword. One of the appeals of Delphi IMO is its
third party marketplace.

I agree and one of the factors to consider is the effect a decision would
have on that market. Looks like one of our major differences is that you
believe the 3rd party market is too fragile to cope with this and I just
think it's worth considering.

It's not about the fragility of the 3rd party market, it's about DevCo's
limited resources. I just don't think this is worth the effort required
it would take for DevCo to do it.

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