Re: The alternative Delphi roadmap to success

Wayne Niddery [TeamB] wrote:

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).

Yet over the past 5 years it's sales have significantly dropped despite
an increase in the number of developers world wide. Thats not quite
successful. The historical success that Delphi has seen has been from
loyal developers who wanted a viable alternative to MS and the support
of this croud has been dwindling.

To take MS on now when they are in a position of strength (aren't they
always) would not be wise. As you said above, people stuck with
Borland because they provided something "MS did not and could not".
That is different now. They have something in the .NET space that more
then adaquately competes with BDS.

There have been lots of products and companies that have clashed with
MS and come off second best, often not existing after the
confrontation. Borland itself had that battle with Quattro Pro and
almost did not survive. Others that I can think of off hand: Lotus,
Mozilla, Word Perfect, DR DOS, Novell. About the only company that has
successfully thwarted MS has been Intuit.

Cheers

Dean
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