Re: New Delphi roadmap is coming: NO UNICODE PLEASE!

"Ingvar Nilsen" wrote:
I.P. Nichols wrote:

Some other avenue is much more
likely to prove rewarding than pouring scarce resources into a
bottomless pit chasing after rapidly evolving .NET technology.

It depends on what you do with .Net. Who has said making a VS clone is
the only way to go? What about a VS plug-in? Ok, I hear it coming, "MS
doesnt allow plug-in made by IDE makers". But Together for Visual
Studio is a VS plug-in, and is sold by Borland, who owns CodeGear,
"wholly" to boot.

Easier said than done but OK what VS plug-in do you have in mind that will attract new customers? Pascal lovers already have a language plug-in.

The first step IMO for everyone is to replace the ubiquitous mindset
that Delphi is and should be a VS competitor. If it has been, it cannot
be in the future, provided Delphi does not move a few stairs and steps
up and becomes a platform like VS is now.

Again easier said than done. How would you propose becoming a platform like VS but not a clone of VS? Sounds like a possible contradiction in terms.

Delphi has to be Delphi IMO, and that does not contradict Delphi doing
.Net, in one way or another.

Great concept but the devil is in the details and over the years this subject has been jawboned to death here on non-tech.

Whaddoyuthink?

It's time for a true visionary to appear on the scene. :)


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