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johnH
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Borland Commitment to IDE2005-11-15 02:45:29 AM cppbuilder78 --begin rant-- I saw this article headline: Borland eyes development services as IDE revenue drops www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/story/0,10801,105866,00.html?source=NLT_XTR&nid=105866 and I thought "Well, duh, the way Borland has been mediocre in it's support of a high-class product, it's not surprising their revenue has dropped". How long has it been since BCB 6 was released? I installed it April 2002, so it's been been about 4 years. How can they expect any revenue? When Kylix was first announced I thought this was going to be a package I would transition to. However, it turned out to be a package with too little features compared to BCB. I hoped it would be a 3rd IDE package alongside Delphi and BCB. It was obvious early on that that was not going to be the case I have always found the support for BCB frustrating. When I came up against a weirdness or limitation I would have to find a workaround. This is generally with respect to database access and the associated components. With only full support for Interbase and a cursory support for old versions of MySQL, etc., it made it difficult to use BCB. For those that know BCB inside and out and have a large support staff, it's easier, but for a one-man shop it's difficult to deal with all the quirks. I was reading the thread from a few weeks ago: "alarmed at how broken BCB 6 is!!!" I could relate to the frustration. Though DeXter looks intriguing, I'm not sure whether Borland has changed in it's mediocre support. But by the fact that BCB will have the improvements from the last 4 years of Delphi releases, perhaps it'll be surprised (if I decide to buy it). --end-rant-- |