A few months ago I saw research that claimed 90% of software development is
custom development done in house by business. Only 10% of software
development is for shrink-wrap sales.
I feel that the Delphi feature matrix shows that of the three versions, the
enterprise edition is the version one would choose for in-house custom
development. But its entrance price is high, and that is before looking at
the cost of the associated learning curve for developers new to the
environment.
As an aside, this is one reason why Java has done so well - it transcends
the heterogeneous nature of the enterprise. Note that the entrance cost of
the JDK (and its labour saving class libraries) is very low.
Martin
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> Subject: RE: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...
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> While it may look like I am defending the pricing I am not.
> I think it is
> over priced here in Australia (and NZ) when compared with the US and
> salaries are also compared. If you are a new user, why buy
> the enterprise
> version straight away. There is enough in Pro or even
> standard to keep you
> occupied unless you need that specific enterprise functionality and
> hopefully you have a client already to spread out the costs. Although
> apparently you can no longer create commercial apps with the standard
> version. How do they police that? Is this true? I heard it on the
> newsgroups...
>
> JED
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