On 5/12/07, Bisma Jayadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nicely put. ;) I've found it has good points on some arguments. It's good to be considered. :)
Everybody is entitled to their opinion. I am allowed mine and totally disagree with his statement about GUI's not being used on any other platform than Windows. And that FPC and Lazarus cannot be used for decent GUI applications. Our development team at Master Maths are busy rewritting our 3rd major version of our flagship product using FPC and Lazarus. Been working on it for over 1.5 years now and it isn't a small 'toy' project! Also it has to be cross platform (Linux and Windows) so Delphi could not be used! Our product consists of 4 applications all GUI based, talking to a backend Firebird RDMS. The product is a CBT system with Centre Admin side and Accounting module and the content it displays to learners are being designed using Adobe (Macromedia) Flash and has a size of around 7+Gig covering school grades from 1 though 12. We also have authors busy with the Science modules now. Our product is being used by 200+ franchisees and a few schools. Our current v2 system can only run on Windows and considering that every centre has 25+ computers, that's a lot of Micro$oft tax that they have to pay. Also they need a MS server license which adds a lot more to the cost. We are in the process of switching all those 200+ centres to Linux which will give them a significant money saving. No more costs for server software, licensing, upgrades, etc... All this made possible by using FPC and Lazarus - and all GUI based applications. Our product can also be used as a 'distance learning' product, where students can purchase a Maths Grade CD/DVD licensed for 1 year. They can then use that CD at home, be it on a Windows or Linux PC. Again a GUI only product. Mouse clicks are easier that command line interfaces! We are just one such South African company - there are many more. South African is a big sponsor of Open Source software and the Linux platform. Just my 2c worth... Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
