[DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero
Jeremy North
jeremy.north at gmail.com
Mon Sep 21 19:48:37 NZST 2009
> Just look at the amount of community code now present in the editions we are
> all being asked to pay through the nose for.... FastCode, FastMM4,
> DevExtensions, DelphiSpeedUp, PNG support and no end of improvements
> *inspired* no doubt by community improvements in GExperts etc.
>
> All these things were developed and made available for free then poached,
> <cough> I mean " acquired for the greater good of the community" by
> Borland/CodeGear/Embarcadero, but now we're told that it's entirely
> reasonable for them to charge TOP $ and we should just "suck it up".
I'd be careful stating that these things were added to the IDE without
compensation of some form.
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