Hi David, > But if the future is handheld and mobile OSes (which it almost certainly is > in terms of numbers at least) then is Linux and Mac cross platform really > the next stepping stone to take? I don’t think so. I agree with you.
My preference would be for a mobile VCL for the platforms you mentioned. 2009/10/14 David Brennan <dugda...@dbsolutions.co.nz>: > Interesting. > > > > But if the future is handheld and mobile OSes (which it almost certainly is > in terms of numbers at least) then is Linux and Mac cross platform really > the next stepping stone to take? I don’t think so. > > > > Surely the next step to take would be developing a MobileVCL which is a cut > down and streamlined version of the Windows VCL, with target platforms such > as Symbian, iPhone OS, Android, Windows Mobile, etc. Now THAT would very > much interest me because we could certainly see a use for cut down field > versions of several of our apps. > > > > However I don’t see how VCLX is really a useful stepping stone towards > running Delphi on mobile devices. If it is the goal and VCLX is just some > sort of expensive and frustrating (for the customers) trial of Cross > Platform development in preparation for the main event then I am extremely > disappointed in Embarcadero. > > > > David. > > > > > > > > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On > Behalf Of John Bird > > Sent: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 4:57 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Presentation in Christchurch - any other meetings in > Chch? > > > > I think a lot of you are being short sighted. Just my opinion. > > > > I lived through the mini-computer era, using Digital Equipment > mini-computers with RT-11 and VMS - both really good operating systems, and > thought at the time if they started selling VMS for a few $100 rather than > thousands they may have captured the mini-computer market as it was way > superior to MS-DOS, instead they didn't adapt and got clobbered by Microsoft > to the extent the company and the platform does not even exist now. > > > > Its a less certain thing as its still the future, but its my guess likely in > 5 years netbooks/laptops and mobile and phone OS will largely kill desktop > PCs and in time likely Windows too, as there is not much sign they will be > the leading candidate for mobile devices in 5 years. Hence the more cross > platform and new UI (read touchscreen) enabled a language is the better > positioned it will be. > > > > Also apps are moving more to be web enabled, where the UI is done by the > browser instead, so this also is not really tied to one OS. There are only > a few good frameworks that run across many OS's - think Firefox/Thunderbird > (XUL) and Safari/Itunes etc. As far as I can gather none of these are > remotely easy for new programmers to jump into. > > > > Thats why I reckon Delphi as a cross platform simple UI language could be a > killer, and why its worth doing even if it is not too easy. > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > 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
