[DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

[Jeremy North]

> But more relevant to my original observation is that, as I understand it,
> the Apple developer tools for Mac and iPhone are free.

You can't deploy to the iPhone platform unless you pay.

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/

* $99 or $299 (USD) depending on your deployment preference.

> They may not compare feature-for-feature with the Delphi or Visual Studio
> IDE's (I don't know) but "free" can compensate for a lot of
> relative/perceived short-comings if the products still get the job done
> (especially against HUGELY expensive alternatives).

It is quite a shock going from a Delphi / Visual Studio environment to
these tools. They are, um interesting to use!

cheers,
Jeremy