> I'd be careful stating that these things were added to the IDE without > compensation of some form.
I don't need to be careful saying that, because I was careful NOT to say that at all. ;) I'm sure suitable arrangements were made in each case, but the point is that the people involved did not create their respective contributions in expectation of financial compensation or under contract to BorCodeaGearo. They created and shared their efforts as an act of community. Take that "community" out of Delphi and I don't think that what's left is enough to stand up against fully Open Source on the one hand and the unrelentingly commercial on the other (and ironically that "unrelentingly commercial" hand - Microsoft - are doing MORE to support a community with their tools in terms of free/cheaper editions than Embarcadero). _______________________________________________ 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
