I always think of it like this.
I don't know of any real commercial applications written in VB that are
distributed to large customer bases. Other than developer related products
like "Hotdog" (Web development application). All of the VB apps I have seen
seem to compromise in function and speed.
Look at "Maximizer" and "SalesLogix". Both are very high end sales tools
with lots of features, big user base, use client server databases and
written in Delphi.
- Maximizer (Btreive)
- SalesLogix(Interbase, MSSQL, Oracle)
If a I remember also that both have won awards in competitions where they
were against the mainstream MS Visual C++ products (I could not see any VB
product there in the competition).
So I just compare to what I see people using in the real world. Delphi is up
with MS products with it's capability but VB falls behind for real
distributed customer applications.
There's my 2c worth.
Rgds
Jason Webb
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 11:37
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> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Why Delphi is Better Than VB
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>
> OK, got some info on usage from Annie/others:
>
> - about 6000 active licences in NZ market.
> - CCH use it to run their MDF manifacturing plant, 24x7, and
> are looking
> at Delphi/SAP
> at present, AFAIK.
> - Soverign Assurance have, AFAIK, ALL their internal apps written in
> Delphi
> - Banking seams to like it, as its stable and maintainable.
> - ALM Systems POS2000 is used in a LOT of places.
> - Foodstuffs - frontends to AS/400
> - F&P wrote an OS which runs their machines which make the washing
> machines, + F&P
> healthcare (what do they do????)
> - NZ Defence (contradiction?) use it, dunno what for.
> - national bank use it, mostly in back end.
> - ASB's Professional Trusts app (management of trust accounts) is in
> Delphi, even
> tho they are an MS shop :)
> - All TAB's core software is in Delphi (also 24x7)
> - PEC - SW for petrol industry (back and front office, and pump
> management)
> - FinTel - customer service app + others.
> - Universities (18 of them) train in delphi. 'Known' that lecturers
> perfer it
> over VB, but its maybe not marketed as well as VB :)
> - Health technologies Ltd - patient management system
> - AMP inventments
> - Mantrack, payrolls.
> - Trade and Exchange, core system.
> - Moore Business Forms
> - Trimble Navigation? Scientific weather monitoring??
> - Some of the MS stuff - knowledge base CD's, some games etc - are
> written in
> Delphi (ironic, No?)
> - Research/Government companies - Land care research, what-was-DSIR,
> police (tho not INCIS,
> thats in C++)
>
> Need more??? :)
>
> N
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