Re: Turbo: A great idea, properly thought through... ?

In article <44ec7199@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, says...
Jolyon Smith wrote:
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What good is having a top-notch AND FREE product to use if the company
that made it reaches up and yanks the chain on itself?
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Since we have no idea who the buyer is, I'd say it's a little early to
speculate about their financial backing. Hey, maybe Bill G. has decided
to have a hobby project? After all, he liked Delphi so much he bought
the architect. ;-)

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Not at all. Highly productive professional outfits routinely AVOID
installing components into the palette precisely because doing so can
IMPAIR productivity.
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Yeah, and why stop there? Design all the forms in code, including the
inbuilt VCL elements! In fact, let's all write our source code in
Notepad.exe, and compile it with FreePascal! Dammit, where are my punch
cards........ ;-)

Y'know you may be on to something.

lol

;)
--
Jolyon Smith
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