Re: [DUG]: octane

[Robert martin]

Interestingly, this was the first email I sent and although Richard has replied to it I have yet to receive it from the list !   'Win32 is dead, time to bury it.'    Is the attitude I would expect from someone who was interested in a tool based on features / modern design etc.  Not a Borland rep.  Perhaps I might spend the rest of the afternoon converting 700000 odd lines of code to a new / relatively untested technology (with no noticeable for our users).  Tomorrow I will whip around the country and install the NET runtime on all our users machines and upgrade the hardware and OS's for those that cannot run it.  By Wednesday I should be back working on adding new functionality to our product (something that users are interested in).   Product quality and functionality are what matters to users, not what language the product was developed in.  Moving to .NET earns $0 revenue and costs $$$$$     Rob Martin Software Engineer   phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496    web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Vowles To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:39 AM Subject: RE: [DUG]: octane Win32 is dead, time to bury it.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Monday, 6 October 2003 11:10 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi 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