Thats a long time to wait, especially in the fast moving computer industry -
what about a trial version of Kylix?? Which is exactly what I want/need and
sounds like what others want too. I'm pretty sure they have done trial
versions of Delphi so it would be nothing new at least.
Nahum.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sugrue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 09:54 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic
> Subject: RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Kylix pricing
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>
> Just wait a until mid-year when the Free Version is released.
> Only allows
> you to program GPL apps but will give an idea what Kylix is about....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Lowman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2001 09:56
> To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic
> Subject: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Kylix pricing
>
>
> Just looked at the price of Kylix desktop in the states - US$999 !!
> (NZ$2378 approx)
>
> This is just to big a jump for someone who needs to determine
> if the product
> is what is required.
> Surely we can have a foundation version (or some such) at a
> low price to
> evaluate the product.
>
> I would have thought that if Borland are serious (which I am
> sure they are)
> they would have realised that the success of the good old
> Turbo Pascal, and
> subsequently Delphi, was due, to a large extent, to the entry
> price (I think
> US$99)
>
> Bugger - I was looking forward to dickering with Kylix :-{
>
> Paul Lowman
>
> Lowman Consulting Ltd.
> Embedded Systems & Software
>
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