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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Aw nuts
you are just being a stirrer.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Why is pointing out facts considered stirring?<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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I
actually use D5 and D2007 both a lot for work. So thats my experience – I
greatly prefer D2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For me a
pro upgrade is $600-700 so thats also true.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Right, but using *<b>your</b>* position as the basis for telling
someone else what to do misses a key point: they aren’t necessarily in your
position.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Windows updates vs Delphi updates: Categorise the Windows
updates however you like, but the simple and blunt fact remains that if you buy
a version of Delphi, you will not get ANY updates of ANY kind to that version
once the NEXT version has been released.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>That is NOT the case with Windows. You brought up Windows as an
example of a worse situation to be in w.r.t updates, I am merely pointing out
that is simply not the case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>What I am
saying is do not punish Borland and Embarcadero for making a product that was
reliable and well usable for 10+ years. Reward them by spending a
small amount of money to keep them in business. And into the bargain enjoy a
much better version of Delphi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>How about Embarcadero punishing their customers for not having
provided compelling reasons to upgrade?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I am
grumpy about buying 8 versions of Windows mainly because I couldn’t move the
licences from PC to PC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>What? I bought a Windows XP upgrade to the “Me” that came with
a PC I bought some years ago. I have bought a number of PC’s – some pre-built
and some self assembled - since then but never had to buy another copy of Windows,
I just re-installed my existing XP license.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>And why do you feel so less inclined to reward Microsoft for
making a reliable, well usable product when doing so costs far, FAR less than
rewarding Borland (who produced a couple of REAL stinkers, products that were
neither reliable nor even barely usable, over the years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“No-one
ever built a statue of a critic”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yet without critics, some people often wouldn’t have been
motivated to produce the works that lead to statues of them being built.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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