[DUG] Turbo Delphi

[Rob van der Linde]

I agree, Linux has changed a lot in the last two years. I am a strong
supporter of Ubuntu Linux, I just love that distro. We actually sell
Ubuntu based PC's as an alternative, the main target for Linux based
PC's, believe it or not is new users, that just want to play a few games
and get on the Internet, but don't want to go through the hassle of
constantly getting infected with spyware and viruses, which is the
burden that comes with running Windows. Off course they need to be
notified that you cannot run all off-the-self software, but then again
there are often better and free alternative programs available anyway,
so most of these people seem to not mind making this sacrifice so much
anymore, and the current status of spyware in Windows really helps this
along. Ubuntu is a great alternative for just browsing the net, chatting
and playing basic games, even word processing using Open Office, etc.

Ubuntu makes installing new applications a breeze too, in fact it's
easier than Windows, just click Add/Remove in the Applications menu, and
tick what you want, then it installs it directly over the Internet, you
can't get any easier than that. To new users, it is often easier than
Windows. And there are over 16 thousand packages available in the
repository, so you can't really say there isn't much software available
for Linux anymore, those days have long since gone.

On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 17:31 +1200, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> James Sugrue wrote on Thursday, 10 August 2006 12:04 p.m.:
> > It's fairly easy to blame Borland for the Kylix implementation five
> > years after the fact. A lot has happened in the Linux world since
> > then. 
> 
> True, but I think it's important to recognise why it didn't work out. I
> don't believe it's for the reasons that are usually given ("open source
> zealots prefer GCC").
> 
> > At the time of release most Linux developers (probably still 
> > are I guess) were complete zealots and used GCC and Emacs and 
> > would never have paid for an IDE. 
> 
> But those people will never convert. The target market has to be
> commercial developers who are already building Windows applications and
> want to make them cross platform - but Kylix was not really very good
> for that because it was difficult and therefore expensive for a
> developer to port existing VCL applications, and developers of new
> applications would have struggled with the limitations of CLX. If it was
> much easier, and there was a business advantage (eg. reduced platform
> licensing costs) in providing a Linux version then I'm sure many
> companies would be interested.
> 
> > I still think Linux is way over hyped, particularly on the 
> > Business Desktop.  
> 
> Personally I'd say it's not hyped enough, or at least not in the right
> way. I have found that many of the people who criticize Linux either
> have not used it recently or haven't even tried it seriously at all.
> That's not to say Linux is perfect, but in my opinion it has already
> reached a stage where it is usable for many desktop users. Surely if
> Linux is to make any further headway on the desktop it *will* be on the
> business desktop, because that's the place where administrators take
> care of setting up the system and solving any technical issues.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul
> 
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