Bill Todd (TeamB) writes:
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You seem to be very much in the minority since in the two weeks since
Quinn posted his (to me) humorous reply you are the only one who has
taken it for anything other than what it was.
Just what kink of support do you think CodeGear should be providing?
Tech Support still supports the BDE. There is still a BDE newsgroup for
peer support.
If I failed to see the humor, I guess it is because to me this seemed to be
the latest post of many over the years (not all from Quinn) saying "If you
want any help from me, you will have to convert your whole application to
Interbase." There are obvious cases where that is not a practical solution.
Actually, I am quite pleased with CodeGear for continuing to make sure BDE
apps will continue to work for local Paradox and dBASE tables. And I'm
waiting to see what this "BDE replacement" that the roadmap tells us is
coming in the next version of Delphi is all about.
Like many of us, I am not using the BDE for new development these days
(which is part of why I hadn't dropped by for a couple weeks), but I have
some old apps out there that are still in use that have never been
rewritten to use another database technology.
If I over-reacted, it is because I worried that Quinn's response might have
meant that there are some CodeGear staff who think that continuing to make
sure that BDE apps will run under new versions of Delphi is not important.
If I wanted to rewrite all my apps every time a new technology comes out,
I would be using Microsoft products. :)
Rick Carter
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Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
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