[DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

[PDS - John]

I think Delphi is a good tool, however the changes between upgrades have not
been very exiting at all. I guess it all depends on what you wanna do with
Delphi as a whole and if you can justify the cost of upgrading at all.

John 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-
> bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Paul A Norman
> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 2:51 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary
> 
> That last offer from E was not too bad, still a bit too high, and came
> at a bad time of year,
> - not a good time for the cash flow to make an investment / purchase
> like that.
> 
> Even though it means I slip from eligibility for upgrades
> (having managed to convince folk here to get 2005 as our last upgrade
> for me to use)
>  - it was just not happening for me by Dec 31.
> 
> Which makes D's pricing unjustifable at full price for me in practice
> now
> in our operation. The pingas will probaly go on other fields of
> software needs.
> 
> Which is sad as I have really liked working in D all of these years,
> and enjoyed the support of the D Developer community.
> 
> Jolyon is I believe right on to it with his previous comments about
> price breaks,
> and a lot of his other anaylsis on this stuff.
> 
> If you are being forced out of D do look at that Titanium approach
> (http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop/) I mentioned
> in an earlier posting
> it combines widely useful skill sets so the investment of time and
> learning is not wasted.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 2010/1/22 Alan Rose <Alan.Rose at trimble.co.nz>:
> > Don't know, do you know how to play the "Last Post"
> > Ha ha just kidding, sorry if my last post sounds negative but the
> trend
> > of Delphi use for new development in NZ is worrying.
> > I'm not sure what the trend is overseas however.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> >> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead
> >> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:57 a.m.
> >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> >> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? -
> summary
> >>
> >> What can I do?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Leigh
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
> >> [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Alan Rose
> >> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:42 a.m.
> >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> >> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? -
> summary
> >>
> >> I think a quick play with seek co nz will tell you the story
> >> of where Delphi is heading here in NZ.
> >> "Delphi" keyed in as a keyword only returned 6 entries (in
> >> Auck only) and I doubt most are referring to Delphi as a
> >> major language as well.
> >> Forget how good Delphi is as a RAD tool I think its sad it
> >> been able to slip so far due to poor marketing and pricing
> >> decisions by management past and present(oh and the whole
> >> drop in quality issue after D7 did not help one bit). Can it
> >> make a return to its early glory days in terms of use I don't
> >> know, as its now got stiff competition from other tools of
> >> which a few are free and attracting the masses (next gen
> >> developers etc). But anyway I do have my fingers crossed if
> >> that helps.
> >>
> >>
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