[DUG] More Delphi news...

[Neven MacEwan]

J

As I own 2 Porsches (and am building a replica of one as well) I'd have 
to take umbridge at the comparison. Porsche do not propose that their 
car is universal and get it accepted as a standard (.NET), Porsche do 
not sign license agreement for technology and then intentionally attempt 
to break it (Java), they just make cars that burn the same fuel, run on 
the same roads and take the same format tyres as everyone else (as an 
aside can anyone think of any other item which is speced in imperial, 
metric/dimensionless  at the same time ie 225/15/60)

The IT industry is by its very nature based on a high level of 
interoperability which might be is against the creed of the free-est of 
the free marketeers but the free market doesn't work for monopolies 
which is why this is legislated. No-one prevents M$ from stating that 
they don't conform to the standards. My point is that M$ will abandon 
.NET if it feels like it and you are probably  more at risk from 
disruption by following M$ than you are by standing aside. M$ on one 
hand are disruptive (.NET XAML etc) and on the other slow (ie compare 
the dev rate on Windows to Linux)

I feel for Borland as they are stooges in some respects, they get beaten 
up all the time but kept alive for the facade of competition they 
represent (so that M$ doesn't get legislated against)

I am considering upgrading from Win2K Pro soon any suggestions?

N

James Sugrue wrote:
> Playing devils advocate for a minute....
> 
> Clearly breaking apps is a different story, but isn't evolving your business
> model to take on your competitors just good business sense? 
> 
> I would argue that some of the stuff they are doing in the .NET space is
> innovative, whereas others is taking someone else's idea and making it
> better. Isn't that just the way the world works? Ferrari(or Porsche if you
> prefer) didn't invent the car they just build on Benz's ideas and made them
> better. Do you feel the same about them?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On
> Behalf Of Neven MacEwan
> Sent: Friday, 28 April 2006 12:08 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] More Delphi news...
> 
> J
> 
> Im not quite sure how numbers could be 'anti .NET' but i'm not surprised 
> by the numbers 0.1% would have been to much.
> 
> Does anyone remember OS/2 and how one of the office apps used to fall 
> over in it
> 
> Its quite obvious how M$ work, muddy, divide, conquer, The
> examples of this are endless and .NET is just one to slow Java, if XUL 
> takes off, we bring in XAML, If Ajax gets a foothold ...
> 
> Freedom to innovate..bullshit
> 
> N
> 
> Jeremy North wrote:
>> On 4/28/06, Richard Vowles <Richard.Vowles at borland.com> wrote:
>>> What a very interesting post. Thanks KuetFung!
>> Take Grimes' posts with a grain of salt. He is very anti-.NET.
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
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