[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Jeremy North]

I don't get this "Delphi done right" rubbish.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Imagine all the things you'd change in
your projects if you could start fresh 10 years later.


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> As I heard the story some years ago....cannot vouch for accuracy:
>
> Microsoft courted Anders for quite a while, as a brilliant technical lead.
> Finally they sent a limousine to Borland to  take him out to lunch, and gave
> him an offer "he couldn't refuse":
>
> He could choose what he worked on
> They would double his salary
> If he agreed to sign up that lunchtime they would give him $1 million.
>
> He went.
>
>
> There's a nice video on Channel 9 of him speaking on his history, and some
> Borland people turned up to add to it.
>
> I think its
> http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Behind+The+Code/Life-and-Times-of-Anders-Hejlsberg/
>
> Would love to hear from those who have used both C# and Delphi their
> opinions on whether C# is Delphi done right or become bloated complex and
> MS-only.  I hear lots of nice comments about C#, and observe that many
> programmers who disappear  into that cave are never seen outside alive
> again...
>
> John
>
>> Are we talking about Anders Hejlsberg?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg
>> He's a pretty smart guy.  I think he is the chief architect for C#
>> rather than .net
>>
>>
>> Leigh Wanstead wrote:
>>> I don't understand why Delphi designer can move to Microsoft to be chief
>>> of dot net. Can someone explain it?
>>>
>
>
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