Yes we were the same. The only reason we brought D7 was for the free D8,
no other reason.
Infact my boss has decided that we wont even develop in D7.....um....ok,
he is a nutter and has no idea about IT or developent, yet he felt
informed enough to make that decision....figure THAT one out !
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: "Robert martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:09:34 +1300
Subject: Re: [DUG]: octane
> I have no other information than you but the way I read the letter was.
>
> We were running into time issues with D8, we had completed the .Net
> portion of Octane but not the Win32 part so we decided not to update it
> in this release so we could ship on time.
>
> As an added bonus for Borland they can then use updates to the Win32 as
> a reason to upgrade to D9. As most Developers are still in the Win 32
> world there seems very little incentive to go to D8. We put off going
> to D7 because we didn't need Bold / net preview etc. As we are
> supporting an existing win 32 app there seems no incentive to go to D8
> either.
>
> PS I am big into conspiracy theories.
>
> Rob Martin
> Software Engineer
>
> phone 03 377 0495
> fax 03 377 0496
> web www.chreos.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tracey Maule
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:55 AM
> Subject: [DUG]: octane
>
>
> I have been reading the borland open letter to the delphi community,
> and the very agitated comments posted on the article.
>
> Im a little unclear as to what to expect with delphi 8. Can someone
> clear some things up for me please.
>
> In light of the fact that they are saying
> Therefore, we have increased our focus on .NET technology in Octane,
> - the next Delphi release - to 100%. This is an adjustment to our
> previously published plan which had included an update to our Win32
> Delphi technology in the Octane release.
>
> i ask:
> Will the win32 compiler still be in place? Can i still use webbroker
> for further development of my apps if i upgrade?
> Was snatching up that deal on Delphi Studio 7 with Upgrade advantage
> a waste of time and money?
>
> in the comments i found:
> Delphi for Win32 will continue to evolve as a product line in
> parallel with Delphi for .NET
>
> does this mean we need to purchase two seperate products to develop
> in win32 and .net??????
>
> Im confused
>
> Tracey
> Software Developer / Web Master
> Logis
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (027) 213-1065
>
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