Deja-vu... We seem to be in a time warp. Glitch in the Matrix?
David. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of delphiuser > Sent: Monday, 6 October 2003 3:06 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: octane > > > If you're into conspiracy theories then take note of the > following... > > From what I hear Delphi is dying not just Win32. I know of > one company that is aiming to replace Delphi and all > reliance on Borland products within the next two years (one > year if they can manage it) because they heard through a > reliable source that: > > 1. Support for Kylix is ending and no further versions will > be released. > 2. There's a good chance that in less than two years support > for Delphi will be dropped > 3. Borland's focus is shifting from the language based > products (Delphi, C++, C# etc) to the new flagship products > such as "StarTeam" > > Unfortunately this information about Octane only adds fuel > to the fire... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Vowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:39 AM > Subject: RE: [DUG]: octane > > > > Win32 is dead, time to bury it. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [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 http://www.chreos.com > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
