Re: Announcing CodeGear RAD Studio 2007

Kent Briggs wrote:

SA promises no such thing.

Even worse!

If it doesn't make sense to you, then don't buy it. By the same token,
however, it doesn't make sense to criticize CodeGear for delivering
what they are obligated to deliver to those who /did/ choose to buy it.

The argument here appears to be, "SA is a ripoff, so I won't buy it,
but I'll get upset when those who did buy it get any value from it,
because I didn't choose to buy it." I think that such an argument
suggests (rightly or wrongly) an incorrect understanding of what SA is.
So let's simplify:

SA is a good way to buy Delphi if you always want the latest version
and intend to "upgrade" to each new release. It lets you pay a
relatively fixed price per year for this. It's good for people who
intend to renew it each year.

OTOH, SA is probably a bad deal if you only intend to buy it once and
never renew. CodeGear folks have been quite clear about this, too.

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