I am also very pleased to see C#. It validates my decision to adopt Delphi
all those years ago! It will also, as you state, force the multitude to
become aware of the power of Delphi. However they will know it as the power
of C#! And having learnt C#, what gain is there in learning Delphi?
I am not writing of Delphi if Linux succeeds. But I think that as Delphi
users we all need to be more proactive about promoting Linux!
Martin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 January 2001 2:03 p.m.
> To: Multiple recipients of list Delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Is Delphi dead?
>
>
> From: Martin Paulo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > I think, there may be a Delphi -> C# Stampede.
>
> I'm very pleased to see C#. Firstly, it's tantamount to an
> admission by M$
> that Delphi, despite it's differences to VC++ and VB, has
> been a much larger
> success than anticipated and now M$ want a piece of the
> action. Secondly,
> C# is a brilliant way to attract MFC programmers for whom a
> switch to Delphi
> was too major, via an intermediary language which introduces
> a lot of the
> concepts. I would say that for a long time C#'s target audience will
> largely be M$' own stick-in-the-muds.
>
> At the end of the day, C# has to be really well done to be a success.
> Delphi certainly has the edge in terms of a head start and
> the community,
> and given M$' track record I expect initial versions of C#
> will have many
> shortcomings. Lets face it - even though VB is crap, VB
> people have taken a
> lot of convincing to switch to Delphi, because it's such a
> major step. But
> now C# will largely replace VB, because nobody will be able
> to argue it
> isn't better because it's still M$! So suddenly, everyone
> switches to using
> Delphi-like techniques. All Delphi has to do is to remain
> better still, and
> even the current VB hardliners will be forced to take notice
> of it. Such
> competition is a good thing - it might stir up Borland as well.
>
> > However the above articles make it clear that Microsoft has
> cloned and
> > improved the basic Delphi architecture, and that C# will
> have the same
> > advantage over C++ and VB that Delphi has. Thus Delphi
> immediately looses
> > the competitive advantage that it gave me. C# also has the further
> advantage
> > that it will support all the latest and greatest API calls
> that Microsoft
> > releases a lot sooner than Delphi is likely to.
>
> Don't be so scared. :-) I wouldn't write off Delphi just yet.
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
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