Robert, > As this IS the Delphi-Talk list, we like to leave discussions as > they are without intervention, and knowing Alan thru the lists for as many > years as I have, I think I can say without doubt that his comments were not > made without great thought and that his political views, thought slightly > OT, have not been given without him feeling their relevance to the current > topic. ( Geesh that was a long sentence! No proper writing instructions > please! <g> )
Thanks, but I have to admit that there was probably more emotion than careful thought involved in my response to you (and there is no doubt an element of truth in the one personal criticism, so no apology needed or expected). And yes, the political comments were most definitely OT, and I apologize for that. I think the reason I included it was that I see these events at Borland occurring in a larger context, and was trying to articulate that context. Further, Mr. Shipman's criticisms on open sourcing Delphi make a lot of sense to me as well as the suggestion made elsewhere that open sourcing Kylix would make much more sense than trying to do it with Delphi. In the latter case there is already a strong open source Linux community. Many of us in the MS Windows development arena are much less used to that approach. Finally Robert, I must admit that in reading your many posts over the years I have often found myself attracted as much to the nontechnical, personal aspects as to those that are totally on topic. Keep them coming, friend! Best wishes, Alan C. Moore __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
