[DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

[Jeremy North]

> I would have to agree.  If I wanted to develop an Itool application I
> most likely would not consider Delphi, whether or not they have the
> ability.
>
> Adding this feature to Delphi is like me providing bicycle racks with my
> software.  It gives me warm fuzzies that my clients would consider
> saving the environment and riding to work but it isn't going to sell
> more software, and isn't going to make my product better.

That is a poor analogy.

Adding (enter mobile phone architecture of choice here) functionality
could be beneficial to many companies. Perhaps not for your product,
but certainly for some of the many products I work on.


> I pay a lot for Delphi, I wish time and again they would stop adding
> features that brings value to a minority.

How do you know the features are being added for the minority. Perhaps
you are in the minority by not wanting the feature?