Re: Wild speculations about the "other" factors


Jon,

I guess it all comes down to a different take on "focus". To me, Delphi
development has been driven for several years now by the needs of the
..NET platform. Incidental benefits have been seen on the native side,
but the primary requirement has been to establish a competitive
position in the .NET area.

I agree with Michael's description of "table stakes" for .NET: they
must have a minimum level of capability to even be in the game, which
has taken a significant amount of resource. People can make their own
judgement on how successful this strategy has been. Nobody - probably
not even Borland - knows how many people have simply moved to VS for
..NET development.

IMO, the opportunity cost of the .NET development has been too high.
Native code development has not advanced as it should have done, while
Borland chase a target that may be moving too fast for them to catch up
with. I would say that the number of people choosing not to upgrade to
BDS from D5 - D7 is a strong indicator of this.


Ian
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