[DUG] Presentation in Christchurch - any other meetings in Chch?

[Jolyon Smith]

I'd also add that it wasn't a "poll".

I passed on the news (the headline didn't even hint at what the news was,
nor the summary presented by DelphiFeeds).  There wasn't much in the way of
any potential "pre-qualification" of readers of that blog post.

In that sense it was perhaps *more* scientific than asking a community that
already has expectations of what they will receive what *else* they might
want.


Feedback w.r.t the need for 64-bit I am sure has been influenced by the fact
that 64-bit was on the roadmap *2 years ago*.  People might reasonably
expect it still to be taking priority and given the woeful communication
about the change in priority (and disingenuous assurances that there
*was*no* change in priority) it's not that surprising that some people
weren't even aware that it was not present in Delphi 2010.

I've even seen comments on StackOverflow from people stating that Delphi
2010 already supports 64-bit, presumably because it was in this release that
they were previously led to believe it would be delivered.


Response to the news that I have seen is a mixture of *shock* or at least
surprise as well as dismay.

In other words, people were *expecting* 64-bit.

When people already think they are getting what they want they don't
necessarily make a point of asking for it.