Rick Beerendonk writes:
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In the 90's Delphi programmers were frontrunners. Now that Delphi
Win32 and .NET are only trying to catch up on the new C#/.NET
language features, the users don't seem to care much about that. They
are just happy not having to learn and move to .NET. They are happy
to see just a subset of all .NET innovations in their favourite
Delphi, quoting Henrick Hellström: "all "improvements" are not always
as good as they might seem".
What happened to the 90's frontrunners? Did they become older and
mild or did they leave Delphi?
You've got this impression, I think, only because those that wish to, or
need to, remain solely in the Win32 world, at least for a while yet, have
been very vocal in this group. Indeed there is a very large legitimate
demand for continued support and enhancement for native Win32 development
and Borland/DTG has answered that they intend to follow through for them.
This is further compounded by the fact that Delphi *is* currently behind in
.Net, so many who absolutely need to support .Net 2.0 already have had to go
to VS. This is unfortunate, but is a fact of life this business.
However, that does not at all indicate that this is the case for *all*, or
even an overwhelming majority. There are also lots of developers that are
already developing in .Net with Delphi and very much want and need Delphi to
catch up and stay current on the .Net side too. Many need to develop for
*both* platforms for the forseeable future, and many will move to .Net at a
later date.
The Delphi customer base is more than large enough that they cannot be
painted with a single large brush.
--
Wayne Niddery - Winwright, Inc (
www.winwright.ca)
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go
away." ?Philip K.{*word*106}
