Re: The alternative Delphi roadmap to success

Dean Hill wrote:

If DTG do this then they will fail. MS has as many developers as they
need and to try and beat MS will ultimately fail.

Really? Then explain how Delphi has managed to stay around for over 11 years
already. If the number of developers MS has is so important than Delphi
would not have made it to version 2 since they could not possibly have
offered anything better than MS offerings *at any point in time*. Delphi has
continued to be successful precisely because they offered something of value
that MS did not and could not (and that despite some of self-inflicted
problems over the years).

--
Wayne Niddery - Winwright, Inc (www.winwright.ca)
"Those who disdain wealth as a worthy goal for an individual or a
society seem not to realize that wealth is the only thing that can
prevent poverty." - Thomas Sowell


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