Thanks Malcolm,<div><br></div><div>I think that one of the things that is slowly coming across is that E�doesn't�appear to intend to�just�suddenly go away or dump Delphi.</div><div><br></div><div>I know that for some people this has been a real issue underlying a lot of what has been said.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You get into a development cycle, on a big project that is not Delphi backwards compatible to�another�D you own the use of, strike a bug (Delphi or IDE) and there is no fix on the horizon - or you are told to wait for the next version.</div>
<div><br></div><div>What happens to your project meanwhile?</div><div><br></div><div>That�is�where some of us were - and it takes a bit to accept that you might be out of those waters in buying into a new Delphi now.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But that can be a�viscous�circle, if not enough people invest in Delphi then Delphi can not be developed as quickly, or at all in some aspects perhaps.</div><div><br></div><div>And slowly, I think that your constantcy in these news lists and other places is paying off - I for one am feeling somewhat more confident that things are moving on past those outright fears for me.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Seriously, may be�those�of us in the wings all need to look seriously at�buying�into Delphi some time soon, taking whatever risk we see it as, to help secure a better future for the whole thing,�</div>
<div><br></div><div>May be there will be a good time to do that?</div><div><br></div><div>Buying in again may�well be�the path of�least�resistance�for some people, compared to moving completely over to other�environments,�which�I for one have been seriously contemplating, and may even yet use for certain types of projects as is appropriate to the need of the project.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/16 Malcolm Groves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mgroves@embarcadero.com">mgroves@embarcadero.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi Paul,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks, I do try to. Part of the reason I subscribe to this list
(and others) and read as many of the post�s I can (albeit sometimes in batch
mode every week or so) is for exactly that reason. It�s also one of the
reasons I read every post on Jolyon�s (and other�s) blogs, and
visit as many customers as I can when I travel around Asia, etc. We need to be
constantly open to the fact that additional information presents itself all the
time, some of it that may not line up with earlier decisions. We can�t of
course change direction every time we get a conflicting view, but we have to be
open to criticism and self-doubt. You�d probably be surprised at how often
comments on this list make their way into conversations internally. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Jolyon is copping a lot of stick on here lately, and I�m
in no position to know how much of it is warranted or not. He certainly doesn�t
need me to defend him. However, what I would say in general is if I was given a
choice between the two extremes: a) someone who cares so little about the
product and its success that they can�t be bothered to comment, and b)
someone who cares so much about those things that they feel the need to kick
and scream in order to be heard, I�ll take the latter any day. Passion,
even represented as anger, is much better in a customer than apathy. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Now perhaps we can have a little less about me on here, and a
little more about Delphi </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cheers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Malcolm</span></p>
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