[DUG] Delphi Specials

[John Bird]

Well thats nuts.

As a user of both Delphi 5 and D2007, you would have to be nuts to want to work in D5 if you spend any time programming.   It works, and quite well, but D2007 and later are so much nicer, and faster to do stuff.    If you value your time and are programming for anything returning money then its worth it.   Pro upgrades are only around 600-700 at the moment anyway. pro includes pretty much all that was in Enterprise back in D5 days....

I actually reckon Embarcadero could well put a say a 10 year expiry on the IDE.   Lots of commercial software is much more brutal than that – for instance Window 2000 XP (pre SP2)  are now out of support, no security updates and as we well know it really cannot be trusted without them.

Or some kind of Turbo version.   Or a free trial.   Or maybe Embarcadero could do a low use version – ie you pay $2 or $5 per hour that you use it.  Otherwise a free download.   Now there’s a good idea!

Languages like Delphi are a sort of cooperative venture.   Either you pay with your money for occasional and rare updates or it dies.

Otherwise get a free IDE like Eclipse, but these are also cooperative enterprises - make sure you give a good amount of time in enhancing them and improving them, otherwise you are likewise riding off the work of lots of others.

Like everything else, it comes down to the simple equation of what works best for the dollars – “bangs for the bucks”.  I reckon the bang for the bucks with Delphi has always been pretty good, especially after you can keep using it for over 10 years.   Over 10 years I estimate I have purchased probably 8 versions of Windows.  And I only have 1 pc at once...

John

From: Edward Koryagin 
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:42 PM
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List 
Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Specials


      Wonderful questions.
      Edward Koryagin

      --- On Thu, 21/10/10, Marshland Engineering <marshland at marshland.co.nz> wrote:


        From: Marshland Engineering <marshland at marshland.co.nz>
        Subject: [DUG] Delphi Specials
        To: delphi at delphi.org.nz
        Received: Thursday, 21 October, 2010, 3:03 PM


        I keep seeing all these specials, but for the 2-3 programs I write a year, Delphi 4 does the trick. 

        It looks like  Embarcadero keeps itself going with existing customers (which over time will diminish) with "upgrades".

        Now if I was starting out from fresh, would I spend  $3499 when there is a wealth of free programs out there?

        TurboCAD and Alibre for example both have an entry level packages of less than $100 to get you started.  

        Is there something like this happening in the future for Delphi? 

        Cheers Wallace




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