[DUG] Delphi 2006 snippet

[Robert martin]

Hi Richard

You are right about Interbase.  I don't really follow it but was reading 
some comments about problems with IB on a FB list.  I read people some 
users had gone back from 7.5 to 7.1 SP 2 due to some problems.  I 
suppose the FB lists aren't necessasarily the best forums to read about 
IB :) (Although many users use both FB and IB).  I only bought IB into 
it becuase it seems, from comments on this list, fairly obvious that 
there were / are a number of major bugs in Delphi 2005.

Not sure about your 4 forks and stagnant comments.  There is (to my 
knowledge) 1 current version of FB 1.52 and an Alpha release of FB 2.0.  
A separate prototype with better 64bit / SMP support called Vulcan 
exists, this is to me merged into FB 2.0 and released as FB 3.0.  So yes 
there is development and a stable road map.  I think the FB guys 
desearve some credit, they have built a good platform and community.


Rob Martin
Software Engineer

phone +64 03 377 0495
fax   +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com

Wild Software Ltd



Richard Vowles wrote:

>Hi Robert,
>
>But you don't have a single person whose sole job it is to fix problems
>- the Delphi team fix bugs as well as design new features, just like a
>normal team. I think this is the first time they have allocated someone
>specifically to fixing bugs _only_ - it being such a feature rich
>product that people discover all sorts of stuff, the person is being
>allocated from the start to deal with issues.
>
>InterBase has had a 7.0, 7.1 and 7.5 release, the release versions
>indicate new functionality rather than bug fixes.  There haven't been a
>.2, .3 or .4 release of InterBase. And sure, IB has a few problems but
>most of them have been pretty obscure or unusual. We have one customer
>doing 7 million transactions per day on InterBase (yes, in NZ) and their
>only problem is that IB (and firebird as well has this problem as I
>understand) has a total final transaction limit based on signed-32 bits.
>Once they get to 2 billion transactions, they're toast, the number
>doesn't wrap. IMHO, the firebird team have stagnated - sitting down and
>re-writing the entire engine again in C++ and then forking it 4 times,
>well... I'm Borland I suppose I should be biased :-)
>
>Richard
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>Richard Vowles
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
>On Behalf Of Robert martin
>Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2005 3:58 p.m.
>To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi 2006 snippet
>
>Hi Richard
>
>Interesting point.  After talking with the guys here we think we
>actually spend more time on product refinement (bug fixes, usability and
>performance) than new features !
>
>While new features tend to get you new clients, they don't keep your
>existing client base happy!
>
>It's an interesting balance that needs to be maintained.  I am glad to
>see Borland re focus on product quality, In the Firebird / Interbase
>arena I note the Firebird people point to them providing a stable
>product over the new features in Interbase 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
>!
>
>I am sure this will work well for Borland. 
>
>
>I only asked about the # of developers to ascertain the ratio of bugs to
>features.  There probably isn't much point to having 1 bug fixer and 200
>'new feature' developers!
>
>
>Rob Martin
>Software Engineer
>
>phone +64 03 377 0495
>fax   +64 03 377 0496
>web www.chreos.com
>
>Wild Software Ltd
>
>
>
>Richard Vowles wrote:
>
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>>Two questions, so:
>>1) One person specifically allocated to doing nothing but blatting
>>    
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>bugs.
>  
>
>>That is pretty strange for a development team (think about yours!), his
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>>sole goal is to make sure the bugs are fixed.
>>
>>2) Dunno. 
>>
>>---
>>Richard Vowles
>>Borland Solutions Architect
>>DDI: +64-9-9184573, Cell: +64-21-467747 email and IM/MSN: 
>>richard.vowles at borland.com
>>Skype: rvowles
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz 
>>[mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
>>On Behalf Of Robert martin
>>Sent: Tuesday, 14 June 2005 3:21 p.m.
>>To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi 2006 snippet
>>
>>Are you referring to the guy fixing the bugs??? :)
>>
>>Out of interest, how many members in the development team?
>>
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