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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I also went on – in a subsequent <u>comment</u> – to say that
things that Malcom didn’t seem to consider were that big, *<b>were</b>* in fact
very noteworthy and worthwhile additions, imho.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I think the actual position is somewhere between the two views.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>i.e. Delphi 2010 *<b>is</b>* more than just a “bug fix”, but it’s
not as *<b>major</b>* a release in terms of headline features that 2009 was,
for example.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Perhaps Malcolm simply didn’t express that particularly well in
Auckland. (there’s a danger that since people often complain that bugs don’t
get fixed, attention is then drawn to “how many bugs we fixed” which then
distracts away from “how much of, and how big, the new stuff is” – I was
commenting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not agreeing that
that perception was necessarily correct).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I myself was perhaps not clear enough on that point (the observations
were in comments, not a blog post – I spend more time on posts than on
comments)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Paul A Norman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 16 October 2009 2:59 p.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>I was not at the Auckland
presentation, and have had to rely on others' reporting of it. Jolyon who
normally appears to be very careful in what he says and writes has said on his
blog:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>"<span
class=apple-style-span>Malcolm Groves stood up in Auckland and openly told us
that in his view, apart from 1 or 2 things, and really in *his* opinion only 1,
Delphi 2010 was basically a bug fix release with lots of little tweaks here and
there. They charged full price for it of course and won’t be retrofitting those
bug fixes to Delphi 2009 or 2007 (where they would be of most use).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:#404040'>"I stress – that’s not my characterisation of the release
as not delivering much in the way of “new stuff”, it was his.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>"David" wrote on Jolyon's
blog:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>"While I usually agree
with you Jolyon I don’t feel Malcolm Groves told us Delphi 10 was mainly just
bug fixes. What he did say was that there were only one or two big killer
features but there were hundreds of small improvements. Some of these small
improvements were no doubt bug fixes, but many are enhancements and new
features which from the sound of it really improve the IDE."</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Please, Jolyon, David and any
one who was there, what is what? -- Because like a lot of people,
my decisions on ongoing use and purchase of Delphi very much depends
on whether you have to factor in the next version as a paid for bug fix or not,
on what you buy.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#404040'>Paul</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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