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Danijel Tkalcec [RTC]

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Re: What to do with Delphi...


2006-02-13 03:15:52 AM
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"Ingvar Nilsen" writes:
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lksdkljsdjfd writes:

>Delphi will be about
 >as profitable five to ten years from now as a copy of
 >Dr Dos is now. How many copies of Quick Pascal does
 >Microsoft sell today? Delphi is destined to become
 >another Turbo Basic if kept. It will get dumped for
 >pennies.
Hi lksdkljsdjfd!

You are talking about Delphi 5, right?
I think, he was talking about FreePascal/Lazarus.
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Danijel Tkalcec [RTC]

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 03:17:28 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

"lksdkljsdjfd" writes:
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If I was running the company, Turbo Windows would be on every
computer and few folks would even know who Microsoft is.
Well ... why don't you?
Start your own company and do it.
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lksdkljsdjfd

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 03:56:27 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

Ramona van Riet writes:
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At 19:20:03, 12.02.2006, lksdkljsdjfd writes:

>I don't know about the borland servers, but you can
 >use KNode on Linux to cancel just about any post on
 >usenet by anyone, and it is easier than you think.
Be my guest and cancel this message, if you can.
That wouldn't be cordial.
 

Dave Nottage [TeamB]

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 04:01:40 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

lksdkljsdjfd writes:
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How many copies of Quick Pascal does Microsoft sell today?
I expect the business of selling comparisons of apples to oranges is
doing as poorly as QuickPascal.
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Don

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 04:31:01 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

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>Us Pascal programmers will be using Lazarus.
 No, you will be using a pen. To fill out an application for unemployment
compensation.
lol!
 
Glynn Owen

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 05:48:11 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

Dan Miser writes:
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Sounds like you were the one in charge of the JBuilder fiasco. How
did that plan work out for them?

In short, it shows that developers should stick to what they know and
quit pretending to be business-savvy.
That would sure drop the noise level in this group. I am for it...
Glynn
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Ramona van Riet

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 06:16:33 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

At 00:05:36, 13.02.2006, David Smith writes:
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Ramona van Riet writes:
>At 19:04:20, 12.02.2006, lksdkljsdjfd writes:
 >
 >>If I was running the company, Turbo Windows would be on every
 >>computer and few folks would even know who Microsoft is.
 >
 >You're a genius. Can I marry you?
You should take his last name too. It sounds so... exciting. :-)
LOL! I reserve the right to keep my own name.
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Ramona
 
Dave Nottage [TeamB]

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 07:00:02 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

David Smith writes:
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You should take his last name too. It sounds so... exciting.
You're right.. Piddy is too boring.
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David Smith

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 07:05:36 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

Ramona van Riet writes:
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At 19:04:20, 12.02.2006, lksdkljsdjfd writes:

>If I was running the company, Turbo Windows would be on every
 >computer and few folks would even know who Microsoft is.
You're a genius. Can I marry you?
You should take his last name too. It sounds so... exciting. :-)
David S.
 
Ramona van Riet

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 07:19:10 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

At 00:00:02, 13.02.2006, Dave Nottage [TeamB] writes:
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David Smith writes:

>You should take his last name too. It sounds so... exciting.
You're right.. Piddy is too boring.
What do you mean? What is a piddy?
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Ramona
 
Ramona van Riet

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 08:01:34 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

At 01:48:53, 13.02.2006, Oliver Townshend writes:
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>>You're right.. Piddy is too boring.
 >
 >What do you mean? What is a piddy?
It's the alias of somebody who used to troll in this group (and others).
Ah, thank you very much! And Dave means that <cat walked over the
keyboard>is this Piddy?
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Ramona
 
Oliver Townshend

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 08:48:53 AM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

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>You're right.. Piddy is too boring.
What do you mean? What is a piddy?
It's the alias of somebody who used to troll in this group (and others).
Oliver Townshend
 
lksdkljsdjfd

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 01:50:03 PM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

Dave Nottage [TeamB] writes:
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lksdkljsdjfd writes:

>How many copies of Quick Pascal does Microsoft sell today?
I expect the business of selling comparisons of apples to oranges is
doing as poorly as QuickPascal.
No comparison was made. Instead, an example was given of
what happens to unwanted programming tools.
 
lksdkljsdjfd

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 01:54:51 PM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

Ramona van Riet writes:
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At 18:18:10, 12.02.2006, Dan Miser writes:

>Sounds like you were the one in charge of the JBuilder fiasco. How did
 >that plan work out for them?
 >
 >In short, it shows that developers should stick to what they know and
 >quit pretending to be business-savvy.
Exactly!
Anyone remember when Borland was bigger than MS? So
where is this bidness savy?
Hope this helps!
 
Dave Nottage [TeamB]

Delphi Developer

2006-02-13 01:54:52 PM

Re: What to do with Delphi...

lksdkljsdjfd writes:
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No comparison was made. Instead, an example was given of
what happens to unwanted programming tools.
Since Delphi isn't unwanted, and is nothing like QuickPascal, it is a
very poor example.
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