I think your general analysis is accurate: I am working in Italy: Delphi has never really taken off here: Italians like designer labels and most management hasn't heard of Borland so it is either MS tools for windows or multiplatform (mostly Java, C/C++); I think everywhere else will end up like this; In hindsight Borland should have aimed Delphi at Windows/Unix/Linux/Mac and kept its prices competitive so that it could have provided a professional multiplatform tool which could perhaps have become a statndard if it could have competed with free tools like Java;
The only thing Delphi can really offer now is compact Win32 executables, which won't win it a market share; I think Borland knows what is happening but won't admit it: the way it is handling the sale of its development tools is only the latest in a series of market decisions marking a progressive degredation of a product that is unable to gain a market share; If you know C/C++/C# or Java, I would keep those up for your professional work, use Delphi for yourself for sentimental reasons, but don't rely on it for your job; You may find work converting Delphi products to C#, so it will be useful to know; I could not recommend Delphi to a client for the development of a new project, unless he is already using Delphi; Sorry if I sound cynical, but I have, like you concentrated on Delphi, and have found myself without work for 60% of the last two years (there is a recession in Italy which doesn't help: software houses here using Delphi no longer find clients!!); I am retraining in C# which I find quite usable, though I suspect I may also have to emigrate; Kev ----- Original Message ----- From: "nick_journals" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: [delphi-en] Opinion... > Hi guys, > > For some time now I have been wondering about the future of Delphi. > I'm a Pascal developer since 93, and then in 95 a dream came true. I got > Delphi 1 in a PC magazine, and nothing ever looked like that before, a dream > came true! > Compared to VB 3, 4 it was fantastic. :-)) > I followed all the versions, up to Delphi 7; it was always the superior hand > in my eyes. (All Borland development tools btw) > > But since Visual Studio 2003+ I see that things are changing, Microsoft is > getting the better of Borland. A lot of companies that I know were using > Delphi are switching to either .NET or Java. They aren't even trying Delphi > 2005. > > At the company I work, I had to program in C# with VS2005, and I have to > admit I like it :-/, I also knew C for years and liked it, but now with > C#... > I have this mixed feeling of: NO Delphi is my native tongue and I will not > betray it, but somehow I feel that the market is pushing me in that > direction. > You can certainly see that one of the main Delphi developers ran across > because VS has a lot (and sometimes superior) in common with Delphi. > Also the 'For Sale' of Borland isn't good news. > > So, I just wanted to know. What is your opinion on this? Am I the only one > here that are thinking of a doom scenario? Any experience? > It's just, Delphi was a revolution in the past, it kicked as but I somehow > think that it is dying. > > Best Regards, > Nick > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/381 - Release Date: 03/07/2006 > > ----------------------------------------------------- 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/
