I think Delphi is a good tool, however the changes between upgrades have not been very exiting at all. I guess it all depends on what you wanna do with Delphi as a whole and if you can justify the cost of upgrading at all.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:delphi- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul A Norman > Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 2:51 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary > > That last offer from E was not too bad, still a bit too high, and came > at a bad time of year, > - not a good time for the cash flow to make an investment / purchase > like that. > > Even though it means I slip from eligibility for upgrades > (having managed to convince folk here to get 2005 as our last upgrade > for me to use) > - it was just not happening for me by Dec 31. > > Which makes D's pricing unjustifable at full price for me in practice > now > in our operation. The pingas will probaly go on other fields of > software needs. > > Which is sad as I have really liked working in D all of these years, > and enjoyed the support of the D Developer community. > > Jolyon is I believe right on to it with his previous comments about > price breaks, > and a lot of his other anaylsis on this stuff. > > If you are being forced out of D do look at that Titanium approach > (http://www.appcelerator.com/products/titanium-desktop/) I mentioned > in an earlier posting > it combines widely useful skill sets so the investment of time and > learning is not wasted. > > Paul > > > 2010/1/22 Alan Rose <[email protected]>: > > Don't know, do you know how to play the "Last Post" > > Ha ha just kidding, sorry if my last post sounds negative but the > trend > > of Delphi use for new development in NZ is worrying. > > I'm not sure what the trend is overseas however. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead > >> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:57 a.m. > >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > >> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - > summary > >> > >> What can I do? > >> > >> Regards > >> Leigh > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Rose > >> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 11:42 a.m. > >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > >> Subject: Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - > summary > >> > >> I think a quick play with seek co nz will tell you the story > >> of where Delphi is heading here in NZ. > >> "Delphi" keyed in as a keyword only returned 6 entries (in > >> Auck only) and I doubt most are referring to Delphi as a > >> major language as well. > >> Forget how good Delphi is as a RAD tool I think its sad it > >> been able to slip so far due to poor marketing and pricing > >> decisions by management past and present(oh and the whole > >> drop in quality issue after D7 did not help one bit). Can it > >> make a return to its early glory days in terms of use I don't > >> know, as its now got stiff competition from other tools of > >> which a few are free and attracting the masses (next gen > >> developers etc). But anyway I do have my fingers crossed if > >> that helps. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >> Post: [email protected] > >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] > >> with Subject: unsubscribe > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > >> Post: [email protected] > >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] > >> with Subject: unsubscribe > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: [email protected] > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
