René Tegel wrote: > Wily Dev schreef: >> HOWEVER, I've never violated the terms of my software licenses and I'd be >> *really* pissed off if they violate their end. I've got D7 Ent. and K3 Ent. >> and a LARGE investment in that code base. >> > > To throw in 2 cents.. First of all, its 'only' a compiler and IDE. They > are good ones, but there are alternatives, not in the last place > freepascal that gets pretty grown up, and is (with compiler directives) > pretty much delphi compatible, maybe even more compatible with delphi > than the 2-3-4-5-6-7 series themselves, and gnu pascal, and a small > number of commercial pascal compilers. So, maybe with some additional > work, but (y)our codebase is not lost forever, it is still compilable. > > The 2nd cent is: my current version of delphi7 is an 'academic' version, > obtained from local university when i was employed there. Granted, > officialy i cant distribute binaries compiled with that one. This > version once registered me, then few weeks later this registration was > expired (/dont ask me how), and new installs, on new computers, with > valid account at borlands, would not ever let me register it. However, > the ide/compiler is running just fine, 100%. So, this was not a cracked > distro, but an official release from borland/codegear, academic version. > It doesnt care about registration, it just works. At least for me this > means as much as that i won't loose the ability to compile, even with no > 'phone-home'. Windows only that is (...) > > As last cent, with newest releases of delphi going further away from the > traditional pascal, with this .net stuff taking a more and more central > place - whereas i target platform-independant code as much as possible, > i really don't care anymore what latest and possibly future version(s) > of delphi brings, i'm probably going freepascal sooner or later anycase.. > > Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention though :)) > > René >
Freepascal compiler has been from what I can tell, rock solid for quite some time. Lazarus IDE has, over the last two years, become very mature and useable as an IDE, IMO. Sure, there's a few bugs in Lazarus, but that may be because it is so actively developed and besides, bugs are fixed pretty darn quickly from what I can tell. The Lazarus IDE is missing one thing, IMO and that is significant 3rd party support and even that is changing with products like Synapse and companies like RemObjects who are starting to make their products Freepascal compatible. More and more people are trying Lazarus/Freepascal and the support lists seem to be more active than ever, all good signs, IMO. I'm willing to bet that if more 3rd party developers (like say, FastReport) get involved and release FPC/Laz compatible products, Lazarus/freepascal use and adoption will explode. -- Warm Regards, Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ synalist-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synalist-public
