Re: [DUG]: Delphi 6 and proposed release structure

[Rohit Gupta]

Doesnt matter what we think.  Borland is committed to being more MIcrosofty
then Microsoft.  Remember MS started the bandwagon by saying that there will
be a new WIndows release every year starting with 95... they didnt quite
make it.  :-)


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Subject: [DUG]: Delphi 6 and proposed release structure


> Hi all,
> Would you be more influence to upgrade if the period between versions was
> greater.  I personally think 12 to 18 months is too short.  What if the
> major release version was at least 24 months apart.  After about a year
you
> got say a .5 release and there were more maintenance releases that fixed
> errors in the interim.  All these releases being free of course.  I don't
> like how borland won't make additions to the product in maintenance
> releases.  Maybe further enhancements would become available in the .5
> release.  A possible structure could be
> Delphi 6 release
> 3 months Delphi 6.01 released
> 6 months Delphi 6.02 released (if it is like Delphi 4 that is!)
> 12 months Delphi 6.5 released  - This release would add new functionality
> and even updated interfaces for OTAPI's.
> 18 months Delphi 6.51 released
> 24 months or more Delphi 7 released.
> I think this would be better.  What do others think?
>
> JED
>
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