Re: Devco to encourage VB users to migrate to Delphi

I think your heart is in the right place and I don't
think for a moment you would lie. What bothers me is
that you don't control this DevCo creation process.
Although the best intentions may be to create it, as
they say "STUFF HAPPENS" ( or whatever ) . Y'all thought
this was going to happen by June 1 at one time ... it is
now August 6. This delay is "lost opportunity" - day by day.

My 0.02,
Bob


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Nick Hodges
Delphi/C# Product Manager - DevCo
http://blogs.borland.com/nickhodges
"Nick Hodges (Borland/DevCo)" <nickhodges@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Peter Morris [Droopy eyes software] wrote:

You've grossly underestimated the costs, but overall, it's a good plan.
You did forget "hire a person to do the work" and "Stop taking all the
profits from DTG" and "Give a rats *** about the product".

Fortunately, it won't be long before that all goes away.

Besides which, managing something badly doesn't necessarily mean you
don't care about it. So I'd expect that it was badly managed well in
advance of no longer being cared for.

Of course, in the past the phrase "Borland" included all that is now
DevCo. It technically still does. So, it wasn't inaccurate at all to
say, at that time, that Borland cared about Delphi. It was true -- the
entire Delphi team -- i.e. "Borland" cared very much. It's a gross case
of sophistry to try to spin it any other way. And of course, it's a
complete fabrication to insuate that I agreed with every decision that
Borland made over the years. But of course, some folks are really good
and making gross mischaracterizations.

Now, of course, there is a marked distinction inside Borland -- a
distinction that will so be /very/ marked -- between those who care
about Delphi and those who don't so much. The Developer Tools Group,
currently part of Borland, cares about Delphi a great deal -- we are
staking our careers on it. We soon won't be part of Borland. But until
we are not, it's perfectly legitimate to say that Borland cares about
Delphi because people in DevCo care about Delphi.

To insinuate that I'm some sort of liar is a gross mischaracterization
and pure sophistry.

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Nick Hodges
Delphi/C# Product Manager - DevCo
http://blogs.borland.com/nickhodges


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