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<DIV>Well thats nuts.</DIV>
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<DIV>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....</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV>Languages like Delphi are a sort of cooperative venture. Either
you pay with your money for occasional and rare updates or it dies.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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...</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ed_iv2001@yahoo.co.nz
href="mailto:ed_iv2001@yahoo.co.nz">Edward Koryagin</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=delphi@delphi.org.nz
href="mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz">NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] Delphi Specials</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><BR>Wonderful questions.<BR>Edward Koryagin<BR><BR>--- On
<B>Thu, 21/10/10, Marshland Engineering
<I><marshland@marshland.co.nz></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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Marshland Engineering <marshland@marshland.co.nz><BR>Subject:
[DUG] Delphi Specials<BR>To: delphi@delphi.org.nz<BR>Received: Thursday,
21 October, 2010, 3:03 PM<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I keep seeing all these specials, but for
the 2-3 programs I write a year, Delphi 4 does the trick. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It looks like Embarcadero keeps
itself going with existing customers (which over time will diminish)
with "upgrades".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Now if I was starting out from fresh, would
I spend $3499 when there is a wealth of free programs out
there?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>TurboCAD and Alibre for example both have
an entry level packages of less than $100 to get you started.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is there something like this happening in
the future for Delphi? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers Wallace</FONT></DIV>
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