Re: Lino and Delphi
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You should be, though. For the reasons Wayne gave, a strong enterprise
market for Delphi means life gets easier for small and independent Delphi
users. Disappearance from corporate desks means eventual further
marginalization and death.
Yes, but ultimately, like I said before, how well Delphi does comes down to
the value Delphi in and of itself offers.
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Too many small developers say "I don't need [modeling, source control,
requirements management]" when they should be realizing that, while they
may
not use them, their integrated existence vastly increases Delphi's
potential
reach and market share, aiding us all.
Well, I need many of those things, I just don't need it tightly integrated
and from one vendor. To me, there is nothing really exciting about software
that helps manage the process of software development. I certainly have my
opinions and experiences as to what methodology works and what doesn't work.
But in most cases simple, effective (and in some cases free) software work
quite well in supporting the software development process.
Can there be improvements in the process and is there a market for ALM
products? Sure. Are they exciting for me? Not really.
My main issue is that the focus of Borland (as a whole) has shifted away
from making the best development tools for developers to pushing CaliberRM,
Together and more process oriented products to IT managers.
For example, the lack of including a Win32 profiler for Delphi is negligent.
IMO, if they were really focused on making the best tools, they would have
put one in a long time ago.
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Calls for Delphi to go it alone strike me as calls for a restaurant to
reduce its menu to one item because that is what I happen to order. The
only
possible result is the restaurant going out of business.
That's not how I see it. it is about making Delphi an important product by
making it the only product. If Borland starts to treat Delphi as an
integral part of their overall strategy, then I would be very happy.