[DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

[Paul A Norman]

"I was commenting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not
agreeing that that perception was necessarily correct)"
Get your act together man.

2009/10/16 Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz>

>  Paul, I fear you took the comment out of context – it was in response to
> a previously expressed view in the comments on the post in question that
> there was (in the original commenters view) a perception that Delphi 2010
> was a significant release and not a “price gouge”.  I didn’t think that **
> that** perception really squared with Malcolms own comments on the day.
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> That was all.
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> And I was quite careful in my original response to that comment to indicate
> that I personally didn’t necessarily agree – I don’t quite understand why
> you placed so much weight on it.  There is plenty of far more detailed
> information about what Delphi 2010 actually contains available from numerous
> sources.  It is of course up to each individual to determine how relevant
> that release is to them, irrespective of what perceptions I or anyone else
> may have felt might have been taken away from that fateful day in Auckland.
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> *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 3:27 p.m.
> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
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> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?
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> Well, I am now left with the impression that Malcolm was misrepresented
> Jolyon, you'd better be more careful in what you write on your own blog in
> future, what you have just written here sounds pretty lame to me, "I was
> commenting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not agreeing that
> that perception was necessarily correct)"
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> Are you saying that you don't agree with your own perceptions?
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> What on earth does that mean?  Get your act together man!
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> I tried F6 Richard, all it did was highlight the address in my address bar
> (Google Chrome)  :)
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> Paul
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> 2009/10/16 Richard Vowles <richard at developers-inc.co.nz>
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> I think, for the true story, you need to hit F6.
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> (Hopefully my comment will be taken for the joke I think it is, albeit a
> lame joke, it made me laugh :-)
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> 2009/10/16 Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
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> 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:
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> "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).
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