[DUG] Lazarus

[Marshland Engineering]

Hi Paul

Great reply. 

I started with bBase III many many moons ago. I gave up commercial programming
in 1997. The headache with windows was just too much for me.  Why must my
customers pay for things not working when its just not their fault ? 
Recently, I had USB Dymo label printer that stopped working. I paid for MS
support and 6 hours later, I got the option to reinstall my OS. HA - I did get
a refund !!! A USB printer couldn't be fixed. 

On that line I tried to install the community edition to try and compile for
Android. I could not even get the software to run and, as it is a community
version, there is no support. 

I think if you have been in Delphi for years, you would probably upgrade as
time when on, but starting from scratch, it is just too cumbersome and
overwhelming to get going. I cant see anyone new joining and paying for
Delphi. On the other hand, Lazarus just seems to work, and is neat and tidy.
Dare to say, they 'stole' a lot from old Delphi IDE which make it easier to
adapt.          

Delphi 6 still does everything I want. If they had to launch a 6 version
today, they may get more new users. 

I am and engineer and not a software junkie so I do come from a different mind
set. My stuff is all in house and not web based. 
  
Cheers Wallace