Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Tony Caduto
Hmm maybe sad for Delphi users, I myself have not used Delphi since 2012, hopefully Delphi users see the light and start using Lazarus and FPC. It's not surprising that people are leaving embarcadero, it sucks being on the end of a dirty acquisition stick

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:11:54 -0500, Anthony Walter wrote: >The problem Delphi ran into a while back comes down to one key factor: PRICE > .. > >This is especially true when it's so platform limited. The IDE only works >on Windows, it has no real Linux support (sorry Kylix), the

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Anthony Walter
The problem Delphi ran into a while back comes down to one key factor: PRICE What is the current cost of their professional version now? Something greater than 1000 buck I believe, and it's been that way for quite some time. In this age, when anyone with a ".edu" email address (DreamSpark) or

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:03:29 +0100 (CET), mar...@stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) wrote: >In our previous episode, Serguei TARASSOV said: >> > fixes >> > is usually not that high, so for Seattle the calculation regardless of >> > people leaving. >> >> Yes, the subscription is "by default". > >That

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Serguei TARASSOV said: > > fixes > > is usually not that high, so for Seattle the calculation regardless of > > people leaving. > > Yes, the subscription is "by default". That recently changed? I bought Seattle without in november or so.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Bo Berglund
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:55:26 -0700 (MST), Serguei TARASSOV wrote: >Marco van de Voort wrote >> Were you planning to buy with subscription? The number of post relases >> fixes >> is usually not that high, so for Seattle the calculation regardless of >> people leaving. > >Yes,

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Serguei TARASSOV
Marco van de Voort wrote > Were you planning to buy with subscription? The number of post relases > fixes > is usually not that high, so for Seattle the calculation regardless of > people leaving. Yes, the subscription is "by default". Will see the situation... - -- Regards, Serguei --

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Maciej Izak
2016-02-22 12:45 GMT+01:00 Marco van de Voort : > announced quite a while ago? Last summer or fall? > I already knew this, and the m > No way. This is breaking news. Maybe it was someone else. AFAIK from now, there isn't any of well-known/experienced people on the compiler team.

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Serguei TARASSOV said: > Sad news. > As we have many UI codes in D7 that cannot be easily ported to Lazarus, the > migration to Seattle 10 was in roadmap. Now I doubt to investing into this > migration. Were you planning to buy with subscription? The number of post

Re: [fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-22 Thread Serguei TARASSOV
Sad news. As we have many UI codes in D7 that cannot be easily ported to Lazarus, the migration to Seattle 10 was in roadmap. Now I doubt to investing into this migration. - -- Regards, Serguei -- View this message in context:

[fpc-pascal] Delphi compiler team left Embarcadero/Idera

2016-02-21 Thread Maciej Izak
Looks like the last one senior compiler guy has gone - Allen Bauer (like Eli Boling before). He is starting a new position at Google: http://blog.therealoracleatdelphi.com/2016/02/a-new-adventure.html Interesting info: [quote author="Ralf Stocker"] How safe is Delphis future? Who is the new