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<p>Does anyone know how compatible Lazarus is with Delphi. Not that
I have retired, it is expensive. Although I was going to pay for
one more subscription. But I am dealing with a pack of clowns.
The IDE was saying that the sub was expiring. I thought that I
had pre-paid for 3 or 5 years. So, I got Embarcadero to confirm
it. They said that it was due for renewal. They passed it to
Code Partners. That person confirmed it was due and passed it to
another. She insists that it is not due and was going to chase it
up. Weeks later she insists that I was supposed to chase it up.
Back to the first person at Code Partners. She was going to sort
it out, she hasnt come back. Back to Embarcadero, and no reply.
So a month later, my subscription has expired.</p>
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<p>It's taken way too much time already. I can't be bothered.<br>
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Regards<br>
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<b>Rohit Gupta</b><br>
B.E. Elec., M.E., Mem IEEE, Member IET<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/07/2022 14:32, Jan Bakuwel wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Hi Paul,
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">So to make progress we had to make a move.
Which has proven great as the Lazarus project has grown and matured,
and Delphi licenses remained static in nature, so the time has been
well invested moving, at the time it was sad to be leaving Delphi
though having signed up in Borland's day.
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I too have used Delphi since version 2 but the business model (of
perpetual upgrades of *everything*) is not sustainable / financially
feasible for my company.
I think it's indeed well worth investing in alternatives, such as Lazarus.
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You sometimes have to research more, and do more homework in Lazarus,
but the time is well spent and you obtain a better scope and knowledge
of what is achievable.
And if you make full Forum postings—others benefit too.
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The open source community has proven to be superior where it comes to
bug fixes... I recall spending many many days finding workarounds for
bugs in RTL for the MacOS target and fixes were never released (for the
version of Delphi I got "stuck" with).
My two cents.
Jan
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