Re: International Pricing Policy

Hello Fritz,

actually i am considerung to buy Delphi again and start to use it as
development platform.
I am using Turbo Delphi Explorer at the moment to get warm with it
again :)
The main development is still done in Foxpro.

Also i have an old Delphi 1 Version but my business life leaded me in
the last years to Foxpro.

CG has a generous update policy, so you can update even from Delphi 1
to Delphi Prof (confirmed by a german reseller) for around ? 400 incl.
tax which is cheaper than to get Visual Studio.

But the question is not only the price, most of all how good is a
product? how easy is it for me to use? How do i come along with it.

What does it bring me to get a free or cheaper version of something
else if it doesn't give me the features i want and if i am less
productive with it.

The Express versions of Studio are maybe free, but will it stay free?
and more import: specially
the database development in .NET is far away from perfect. It will need
more years to reach a level that for exampke
Foxpro users are used too. Also i am personally allergic against VB :)

But i would agree that the pricing policy of Borland after Delphi 1 is
one reason why they were getting in troubled water. It is never good to
want too much.

Michael


Fritz Huber wrote:

Actually I even would think of a complete different pricing policy.
Wages and income in countries as Poland, the Czech Republic and
Latin America are probably by far lower than in the US or Canada
(*). Nevertheless the prices there are even higher. Assume even
selling Delphi in countries as Nigeria or Guinea - the price of a
licence would be as high as an average yearly income. Unaffordable!

Viele Grüsse
Stefan Meisner


Thank god for open source.

The way I see it is that Borland/Codegear is pricing itself out of
existence, at least if they continue their current price policy. Who
cares about JBuilder nowadays, for example. Where was it a couple
years ago and where is it now?

I see the same thing happening to Delphi. The tool seems way
overpriced for what it delivers. VC Express Orcas gets you generics,
LINQ, ASP.NET, WPF for free. If you need a database driver, you can
get most of them for free (Oracle, Firbird, MySql, Postgres). The
list goes on and on.

I think the only way to survive for Codegear is to go for the mass
market. Which means they need to lower their prices significantly.

Another possibility would be taking a serious look at the business
models of MySql or Trolltech.



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