Dr. Bob is correct (as if there was any doubt) Delphi 2006 (formerly Dexter) was announced on Oct. 10, 2005.
See: http://www.borland.com/us/products/delphi/index.html and http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,33363,00.html Now for my 2 cents, I currently use Delphi 5 & Delphi 2005, I would use D2005 for everything if I could. Since the third update D2005 has been very reasonable for me to work with, from my understanding D2006 will be much better. We have a large monolithic system developed in D5, I have started the port (to D2005), but it uses components that have been orphaned so, it's taking a lot of time I simply don't have. I use Delphi 2005 for any project that doesn't require code already tied to D5. My co-worker felt D5 was all you could ever need, until I started showing him the enhancements that have been made since then, especially in D2005. Many of them are not big banner features, because D5 did have all the base functionality to be extremely useful. But, the Delphi team didn't sit & wait for new mavor fuctionality to be required. Much of the work they did was centered around small functions which make the programmer's life easier, they have a good handle on what can accomplish this because they too use Delphi every day. Programmers who have moved along with Delphi often don't recognize how handy code complete & code insight are in D2005. Programmer's who have never moved beyond D5 don't realize how clunky the code complete & code insight are in D5. Switching back and forth I feel it, I often curse D5, because code complete doesn't do something it would in D2005 (or even D7). So, I'd recommend the newest you can get D2006 if you can afford to pre-order & wait until probably Dec. or Jan. for delivery. D2005 if you can't. The roadmap looks like there will be 2 major updates this year. D2006 & the .Net 2.0 release, which I'm sure will have additional Win32 features as well. So, D2005 with a software assurance contract would get you all three versions as they become available. I realize this is not cheap & therefore not a feasible option for many developers. I hope this helps you plan. Good luck, Roger C. Morgan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In [email protected], "Walter Prins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 7:22 AM > Subject: [delphi-en] Delphi 8 Vs Delphi 2005 > > > > > > Hello > > > > We are thinking to migrate one of our application developed on Delphi 5 to > > higher version of Delphi. The main reason of migration is that Delphi 5 > > licenses are not available any more. > > I have seen on some site that Delphi 7 would not be supported after Dec > > 31, 2005. So I think Delphi 7 licenses would not be available thereafter. > > > > Now we are left with two options, Delphi 8 and Delphi 2005. Delphi 2005 > > is very new and I have seen its stability related issues on some > > discussion groups. I wanted to know the real facts from your experiences. > > > > What do you suggest.... which version we should prefer to migrate our > > application. Our application uses DBISAM database and doesn't have any > > report. > > Sorry in my previous mail I also wanted to mention this: > http://www.drbob42.com/dexter/home.htm > > This is actually more recent that the previous link, so (providing Dr. Bob > knows what he's talking about) it appears D2006 is likely to be released > soon. I would recommend holding off for it -- Our last upgrade happened > literally a month or so before D2005 was released. We ended up buying > Delphi 8 (with Delphi 7), which stopped having updates soon after when D2005 > was released a month later. I was not very happy to say the least (try to > avoid the same thing happening to you.) At least if you wait for D2006, > you're likely to receive updates for it for some time (until the next > release in a year or two's time...) > > Walter > > -- > Walter Prins > prins at ananzi dot co dot za > "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and > wrong" - H.L. Mencken > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/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/
