I was going to mention that very thing in my message as well but
forgot. I'm glad you brought that up because that may be of even more
importance than the rest of the reasons put together!
Delphi and the VCL alone is a monumental effort from all I can see,
and devoted fan, worshipper, lover, or what have you, I doubt very much you
could EVER get an "Open" mindset working together as tightly and as hard as
it would require just to keep up as is!
from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion
that the gift of Fantasy has meant more to me then my talent for absorbing
positive knowledge!"
Albert Einstein
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Subject: Re: Borland to sell off developer tools
Robert,
> I have to agree with you. The Open Source community efforts I've
> see move much too slow to favor the professional, and BDS itself is just
too
> big to leave to a disparate group of self-interested parties. Look at the
> Jedi group. They have one of the biggest followings around...more people
> use their libraries than not, and yet they can't get the manpower to make
> fixes to components that are years old! And one of the biggest reasons I
> believe this is true is because committees or not, these groups are always
> "run" by one or two devoted people who set down the rules and lead the
way.
> I've seen too many arguments among top-level members start on the open
> groups and then be taken privately to even imagine what it must be like on
> them! I realize this is as necessary as it is bad for them...such is
life!
As someone who has been involved in JEDI since the start I have to agree on
every point. I should also add that because of increasing economic
pressures
on most of us, people have less time to devote to open source work these
days.
When you have just so many hours in a day and you have to choose between
something that is going to bring in money and something that will bring in
satisfaction and possibly a little recognition, you will often opt for the
former.
The more I think about it, Delphi as an open source endeavor becomes a
nightmare. Not a big fan of .NET, I am developing the mindset of working
with Delphi
7 for years to come.
Best wishes,
Alan C. Moore
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