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<DIV>For those on D7 or earlier, its worth pointing out that a professional
version of D7 also would not contain pretty much any of the things left out of
the Starter edition – so it is still a pretty good deal in my humble
opinion.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>ie those wanting a cheap upgrade from D5/D6/D7 can get this Starter with
the newer IDE and still get most everything they already have plus many new
features.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">John</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">.........</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<DIV
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">>>I
wouldn’t call it “crippled”, but it is deliberately limited in comparison to
Professional/Enterprise/Architect. I suppose you might call it crippled in
the same way that you might call a 1.8 Mondeo “crippled” in comparison to a
2.5V6 model. Or you might just call it “suited to a different
purpose/market”. <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: wingdings">J</SPAN><o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Here’s a quick summary of what’s missing (according to the
feature matrix), categorised according to my own personal
perspective/opinion:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Good Exclusions:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>DBExpress<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Data Snap<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>UML Modelling<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Code Formatting<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Code Templates<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Code Completion for HTML<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Source Control (SVN) Integration<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>i18n/L10N tools<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>DUnit Integration<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>AQ Time / FinalBuilder /CodeSite trialware
integrations<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Azure/EC2 integrations<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>RAVE Reports<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>SOAP / BizSnap<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>IntraWeb<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>WebSnap<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>ER/Studio<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Odd choices:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>AutoUpdating IDE (does this mean Starter Edition is not intended
to be updated?)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Command line tools (TDump, resource compiler etc)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Class Explorer (!?!)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Resource Manager (not ever knowingly used it myself tho, so this
may be a good choice)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Symbol Insight (!?!)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Code Folding (!?!)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>TODO lists (!!?!)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Really, really BAD choices:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Numerous debugger limitations, including:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>reduced multi-thread tools, no freeze/thaw thread for
example<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>reduced breakpoint controls (no data aware
triggers)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No Evaluator (!!?! I really REALLY hope this doesn’t mean
the Ctrl-F7 evaluator – that would be DUMB DUMB DUMB)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No expandable local variables (but you DO get expandable
watches – go figure)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt" class=MsoListParagraph><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 21pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">-<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>COM limitations, including such mind bending exclusions as
:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No Type Library Editor<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No COM Object Wizard<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No support for automation object event
handling<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 57pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="mso-list: ignore">o<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>No ability to generate component wrappers for imported COM
servers !!?!?!!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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