[DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

[Jolyon Smith]

I also went on - in a subsequent comment - to say that things that Malcom
didn't seem to consider were that big, *were* in fact very noteworthy and
worthwhile additions, imho.

 

I think the actual position is somewhere between the two views.

 

i.e. Delphi 2010 *is* more than just a "bug fix", but it's not as *major* a
release in terms of headline features that 2009 was, for example.

 

Perhaps Malcolm simply didn't express that particularly well in Auckland.
(there's a danger that since people often complain that bugs don't get
fixed, attention is then drawn to "how many bugs we fixed" which then
distracts away from "how much of, and how big, the new stuff is" - I was
commenting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not agreeing that
that perception was necessarily correct).

 

I myself was perhaps not clear enough on that point (the observations were
in comments, not a blog post - I spend more time on posts than on comments)

 

 

From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Paul A Norman
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 2:59 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

 

I was not at the Auckland presentation, and have had to rely on others'
reporting of it. Jolyon who normally appears to be very careful in what he
says and writes has said on his blog:

 

"Malcolm Groves stood up in Auckland and openly told us that in his view,
apart from 1 or 2 things, and really in *his* opinion only 1, Delphi 2010
was basically a bug fix release with lots of little tweaks here and there.
They charged full price for it of course and won't be retrofitting those bug
fixes to Delphi 2009 or 2007 (where they would be of most use).

 

"I stress - that's not my characterisation of the release as not delivering
much in the way of "new stuff", it was his.

 

"David" wrote on Jolyon's blog:

 

"While I usually agree with you Jolyon I don't feel Malcolm Groves told us
Delphi 10 was mainly just bug fixes. What he did say was that there were
only one or two big killer features but there were hundreds of small
improvements. Some of these small improvements were no doubt bug fixes, but
many are enhancements and new features which from the sound of it really
improve the IDE."

 

Please, Jolyon, David and any one who was there, what is what? -- Because
like a lot of people, my decisions on ongoing use and purchase of Delphi
very much depends on whether you have to factor in the next version as a
paid for bug fix or not, on what you buy.

 

Paul

 

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