[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Phil Scadden]

> If you are still using really old versions and think after 7-10 years,
> programming value hasn't been added to the IDE then you are kidding
> yourselves. Do you also think you haven't added value to your own
> products over this time span?
>   
If you add bugs that are not fixed, then this can definitely make all 
the geewhiz in the new features worthless.
Fortunately I did try the D8 trial. Phew! I didnt upgrade from D7 till 
D2006. It was hard to evaluate because real work needs lots of 
components to be installed. I agree its nicer than D7 to work in - but the
hassles didnt show up till much later. Thankfully there was a slew of 
hotfixes which fixed the worst but I really dont enjoy clicking my way 
through exceptions everytime I close it. It doesnt affect the working in 
it though. And dont get me start on Help.
> Embarcadero are a business, they are not a charity. If you don't like
> what they've produced don't buy it.
>   
That explain sticking with old products, though in fairness, Inprise 
would mark the darkest days.
> Oh and you can no longer do C# in Rad Studio (what a waste of
> resources that was - since Delphi 2007 IIRC). If you want to do .NET,
> buy Visual Studio.
>   
That for that. If I upgrade Rad studio, I'll revert to Delphi only. I 
prefer VS for C++ and C# anyway.

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