No - the original remark was "on page 53" too. It was a *comment* responding to a *comment*. Not a blog post.
Paul misrepresented me as having blogged this. I didn't. -----Original Message----- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jeremy North Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 3:47 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented? So you made the remark on the front page and hid the "apology" on the 53rd page amongst the classifieds. Hardly a credible thing to do. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Jolyon Smith <jsm...@deltics.co.nz> wrote: > I also went on in a subsequent comment to say that things that Malcom > didnt seem to consider were that big, *were* in fact very noteworthy and > worthwhile additions, imho. > > > > I think the actual position is somewhere between the two views. > > > > i.e. Delphi 2010 *is* more than just a bug fix, but its not as *major* a > release in terms of headline features that 2009 was, for example. > > > > Perhaps Malcolm simply didnt express that particularly well in Auckland. > (theres a danger that since people often complain that bugs dont get > fixed, attention is then drawn to how many bugs we fixed which then > distracts away from how much of, and how big, the new stuff is I was > commenting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not agreeing that > that perception was necessarily correct). > > > > I myself was perhaps not clear enough on that point (the observations were > in comments, not a blog post I spend more time on posts than on comments) > > > > > > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On > Behalf Of Paul A Norman > Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 2:59 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented? > > > > I was not at the Auckland presentation, and have had to rely on others' > reporting of it. Jolyon who normally appears to be very careful in what he > says and writes has said on his blog: > > > > "Malcolm Groves stood up in Auckland and openly told us that in his view, > apart from 1 or 2 things, and really in *his* opinion only 1, Delphi 2010 > was basically a bug fix release with lots of little tweaks here and there. > They charged full price for it of course and wont be retrofitting those bug > fixes to Delphi 2009 or 2007 (where they would be of most use). > > > > "I stress thats not my characterisation of the release as not delivering > much in the way of new stuff, it was his. > > > > "David" wrote on Jolyon's blog: > > > > "While I usually agree with you Jolyon I dont feel Malcolm Groves told us > Delphi 10 was mainly just bug fixes. What he did say was that there were > only one or two big killer features but there were hundreds of small > improvements. Some of these small improvements were no doubt bug fixes, but > many are enhancements and new features which from the sound of it really > improve the IDE." > > > > Please, Jolyon, David and any one who was there, what is what? -- Because > like a lot of people, my decisions on ongoing use and purchase of Delphi > very much depends on whether you have to factor in the next version as a > paid for bug fix or not, on what you buy. > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
