Thanks for the candid opinion on .Net. I've been wondering what it's like. I was motivated to look at C# thinking that it was just like Delphi (but maybe not?) but has a future..
As far as working, I'm concentrating on being a shareware author as it is the most satisfying (only ignorant general public is my boss ;-). You sound like a good programmer who efficiently programmed yourself out of a job.. just proves once again that "nice guys finish last" in our pathetic, shortsighted culture. The japs would have kept you on retainer knowing a valuable asset/investment when they see one.. Thank you for admitting that there is a secret history of Rome.. as I said, the Pope owns the land that Washington D.C. sits on.. it is a "tangled web we weave".. DJS --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, Bill Gates did not pay me fists full of dollars, > but I've entered his > garden. (Bill Gates is a smart guy: instead paying > me, he paid Borland's > programmers!) > I'm not using anything better than Delphi - I'm > using C#, C++, VB.Net and from > time to time Java with Eclipse. I've also switch to > analyze and UML - looks > good! > I still think that Delphi is/was the perfect > language and IDE. However this is > exactly its vulnerability: a company needs one > Delphi programmer, five c# or 15 > C++/Java to achieve the same objective. The job > market reflects this pretty > well in the same way as a highway: a Roll Royce is a > lot better car, but you > won't see many out there... > In the previous company I was alone for five years > and I've accomplished every > goal the company had. One day it was nothing left to > do, and I looked around > for another job! No other Delphi job in the near > proximity - some companies > still doing Delphi programs, but each of them having > already one programmer > fulfilling their needs... > I had to admit that a weaker language will generate > more jobs and I enrolled > accordingly. It was not easy: .Net is not coming > with the wonderful help, > source code and examples as Delphi was (until it was > also infected with .Net > documentation,) but with little more work (but nota > bene: paid work, not better > but longer) everything can be accomplished... > Sympathy? - parallel threads on this forum in the > recent past about the present > and future (?) of Delphi/Borland should give enough > transparent hints. > > So long, > > Horia > > PS: I admit that there is a version of Romanian > history. But so is with the > American one! And with any other... > Now, let me have some French fries. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Smith > Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [delphi-en] Calculate South Africa > Public Holidays? > > > > Yes, I know ROMANIA. Named for ROME of course.. no > wonder you know so much (their version of) history. > Thank you for not polluting your genes for us (no > offense orientals and muslims intended of course.. > :-). > > What do you mean, "sympathy"? You are using > something that is better than Delphi now? Or did > Bill > Gates finally ply you with fists full of dollars? > > DJS > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
