I think anyone still using Delphi 8 should get a free upgrade - they've suffered enough.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington Jeremy North wrote: > If you are still using really old versions and think after 7-10 years, > programming value hasn't been added to the IDE then you are kidding > yourselves. Do you also think you haven't added value to your own > products over this time span? > > As for those complaining about the price, my road bike that I ride as > a hobby costs more than a version of the IDE. Who said a "hobby" > didn't have costs involved. I won't even mention my other two since > the missus might be reading this... > > Embarcadero are a business, they are not a charity. If you don't like > what they've produced don't buy it. > > There are trial versions of all the newer versions available. No need > to guess if it is any better. > > I understand not all projects are upgradable instantly (or ever) to a > newer version of the IDE but once you get used to these newer > versions, you won't want to go back. It is a horrible experience going > back to Delphi 5, 6 and 7 personally for me. Delphi 2005 was a pig > startup speed wise, but once that was overcome it wasn't too bad. We > don't talk about Delphi 8. > > Oh and you can no longer do C# in Rad Studio (what a waste of > resources that was - since Delphi 2007 IIRC). If you want to do .NET, > buy Visual Studio. > > As for the upgrade policy change, well you have to cut the cord > sometime. Although I think it is a little rough excluding Delphi 2005. > They should get the biggest discount for upgrading. > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
