In addition, as Danny Thorpe pointed out in a recent article on the
community site (Is Linux ready for Delphi) MS produced VB at the start of
the windows adoption curve and Borland produced Delphi at the end.
There's an awful lot of inertia in peoples buying habits and VB already
owned the market. It's a testament to Delphi's quality that it has made the
inroads it has in spite of the reasons Richard points to below.
Linux, on the other hand, it at the beginning of the adoption curve. I can't
remember the correct marketing speak - but past the Technoholics and into
the Early Adopters. If it doesn't crash and burn then Borland have an
opportunity to become the default commercial tool for Linux - and, possibly,
achieve the same status as VB on Windows.
Even if the Linux market never gets as large as Windows they can still make
a buck by spreading costs over 2 products and 2 OS's.
Max
Thats EASY to answer!
1) VB comes with all Microsoft Office products, so people have to learn VB
to do anything with MS Office (really)
2) (Even bigger reason) VB comes as part of Select program and was therefore
already there
3) (Even bigger) VB is Microsoft. We have lost accounts _purely_ because of
this factor, when all the developers were saying "Delphi", the board chose
VB, because it was Microsoft.
#2 and #3 are crucial, if a company is focused on Microsoft products then it
does uses VB. ASP uses VB (so web development is mostly done in VB). Delphi
sells best in environments where the products are for sale and therefore
performance is key, or other environments where performance and OO are
important. Most organisations don't care.
Richard
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> Seriously, I don't really care either way. Is Kylix really going to take
> off or is it going to be eclipsed by Java? Is that the right direction
for
> Inprise? Inprise should look at its past; Delphi is a great tool (heaps
> better than VB), yet there are more VB developers out there. One has to
ask
> why?
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