[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

[Kyley Harris]

Maurice,
Rockwell PLC is quite a specialised system isn't it? its not as generic as
delphi.. Just a curiosity, not a comparison

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Maurice Butler <
likemagic at quicksilver.net.nz> wrote:

>  Like wise - professional Software developer was self employed for 10
> years, now receiving income by salary from a large international company.
>
> I wrote an application using D3, which is still running reliably in a 24x7
> manufacturing envionment, weigh and labelling product every 3 seconds, and
> stuffing data into an oracle database. The qualification is that it either
> works or it doesn't, if it doesn't you don't get any more work. The work
> that i put in to the development of the application has ment it has run on
> win98,nt 2k, xp without any changes. It is also the bench mark that new
> projects are compared to. I now work for the company that i wrote that
> application for and have been tasked with upgrading or replacing to include
> a lot more functionality.
>
> After downgrading to 2005 I redeveloped my application to use a Rockwell
> PLC for another client and gave delphi the boot, subsequently all
> installations and varations of it have ment my money has gone to rockwell
> for there hardware and software.
>
> I was looking at upgrading my copy of Delphi - but to be honest I may well
> be better off sticking with the Rockwell PLC, not as nice to code but
> reliable, occasional  bugs that are fixed without major drama. Espcially if
> I run into show stoppers like Delphi 2005
>
> Maurice
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
> *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman
> *Sent:* Saturday, 19 September 2009 1:09 p.m.
> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero
>
>  Dear Richard,
>
> " I however, am a professional software developer."
>
> I am sure that you are, infact from everything I have heard of you and your
> work people should seriously consider looking at you and your consultancy
> for any work espeically in areas  of complexity that need special expertise
> in advanced programing.
>
> What I am trying to address here is the changed busines model that the
> Delphi Community is being asked to swallow hook line and sinker.  It is true
> as you say that E need to make money. What we and they are needing to look
> at is the model by which they wish to do so, realizing that we are their
> cash cows!
>
> Now what is a "profesional programmer", just one who receives their income
> by invoicing directly for progranmming work?
>
>
>
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Kyley Harris
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