On the same note, I would like to see more competitive pricing from Borland.
Take for example the price of Delphi Enterprise and compare that against
MSDN. With MSDN, you get all known versions of Windows, with all languages,
Office developer, MSDE, VC++, VB, VFP, VJ++, etc., updated quarterly. In
short, everything I need to develop software comes out of a box (well,
several boxes!). Its hard to beat! It is then harder to justify the extra
cost of purchasing Delphi Enterprise. No problems with professional.
If every developer Delphi bought the MSDN and only the professional version
of Delphi, Borland would lose out. Perhaps Borland should scrap the
Enterprise version and replace that with a subscription, much like the MSDN,
that includes much more than Delphi.
But I guess one day, after MS has bought Inprise, Delphi will be part of
MSDN.
Dennis.
> -----Original Message-----
> One issue I would like to raise, is the way that Delphi and
> other Borland tools are marketed to developers. I'm putting
> this forward as I would like to get some feedback on what
> others think, and how their situation would fit.
>
> At the moment, the Borland tools are sold "product
> concentric". ie you buy a product and you use it. If you are like me,
> then you tend to specialise in one tool, but may not be
> confined to that alone. For most of us it is enough to buy one
> tool and concentrate on that. If you are using Client Server
> or Enterprise versions that is certainly the case.
>
> I would like to see a situation where the sales and marketing
> was "developer concentric". ie a developer "registers"
> with Borland, and pays a fee for the use of a complete
> toolset - ie all tools. Remember that a developer only has a
> certain number of hours or days in the year to work, and
> whether it is with one tool or two (or three), does not make
> much difference to their income generating capability, but
> there are times when you come across a need to work with
> another tool ( say Java ) for a time, and there is not a
> business case to justify another $NZ5,000 for that part of your
> work.
>
> What do you do? An option would find another tool supplier
> with less cost ( some are for free ) to deal with that. In
> this case, the cost forces the developer away from Borland.
>
> I would propose that the developer concentric marketing could
> provide options not only for tools, but support also.
> This situation could also lend itself to "leasing" of the
> software, so one was able to take out a yearly contract and pay
> quarterly perhaps. Even out the cashflow on both sides of the
> equation.
>
> I understand that Microsoft are now tending to package their tools.
>
> As others have indicated, there is a need for integrated
> modelling tools etc.
>
> Any other ideas here?
>
> kr
>
> Gary
>
>
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