Hi Paul I don't know what features of the Delphi starter you would most likely use, but have you considered Lazarus and the FPC compiler? Both have made some dramatic advances recently.
Todd. > Thanks Joylon, > >>From what you are saying that would make it impossible for us to use > the Starter Edition - I had seen Revenue as being that which was > derived from an application made in Starter but it seems from what you > are saying its a bit more woolly than that. > > We'll just have to count out pennies if we need to return to Delphi > and look to Professional edition again (got stung when we picked up > 2005 Pro years ago and that was a bad experience). > > Meanwhile will continue as we have been for some time now, apart from Delphi. > :) > > Finding with careful planning, and even without Titanium Applicator, > you can do a tremendous amount for people with just XAMPP and a > virtual box under Windows (Ubuntu is good in the box), nice clean no > fuss install of a whole application using browser technology. > > Paul > > On 14 March 2011 09:12, Jolyon Smith <jsm...@deltics.co.nz> wrote: >> I don't think you can rely on your charitable status to avoid the ridiculous >> $1000 license condition as that is $1000 *revenue*, not profit. >> >> Quite how revenue is defined and how Embarcadero would identify and >> apportion income as deriving from "Starter built apps or services" is not >> specified. If you create some code that is used in an area of a web site >> that also has a "donate" facility, for example... does the income from >> those donations count? >> >> There is no special allowance made for non-profit organizations and >> charitable donations are not specifically identified separately from >> "income", so it seems impossible to say for sure that your use of Delphi >> Starter would be certain to fall under the < US$1000 revenue threshold >> (unless your use of Delphi is entirely and utterly not connected with any >> income/donation generating activity in your organisation). >> >> >> You could just hope that they never come knocking on your door as ask to see >> your accounts and set about trying to prove that your license is invalid >> (tho actually the boot would be on the other foot - it would no doubt be up >> to you to prove that your license *is* valid, not the other way around), but >> one would have to think that if they didn't intend ever following through >> and applying this revenue limit then they wouldn't have bothered adding it >> to the license conditions in the first place. >> >> Speaking for myself, I think the revenue limit on the license is a mistake >> (almost as ridiculous as the imposition of Interbase and the removal of >> DBExpress) but sadly not one that I expect Embarcadero to correct any time >> soon, if ever. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On >> Behalf Of Paul A Norman >> Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2011 15:37 >> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >> Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition >> >> Thanks Joylon and Todd, that has sorted that out, >> >> ... I had been wondering the way things were worded whether you could >> use 3rd party things like Zeos, or if databasing capabilities were >> limited strictly to only what was described in the feature matrix. >> (Remembering the Turbo thingies they put out that didn't even let you >> add components.) >> >> We are charitable non-commercial (take no payments) so I take it we >> would fit under the $USD1000 at all times? >> >> Paul >> >> On 9 March 2011 17:11, Todd <todd.martin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Paul >>> >>> ZEOS certainly connects to MySql. >>> >>> Todd. >>>> >>>> Looking through the feature matrix, I was not sure, can Delphi Starter >>>> connect to an MySql database on local or other server please? >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> On 31 January 2011 21:06, Malcolm Groves <malcolm.gro...@embarcadero.com> >> wrote: >>>>> http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Malcolm >>>>> >>>>> Malcolm Groves >>>>> Senior Director, Asia Pacific and Japan >>>>> Embarcadero Technologies >>>>> http://www.embarcadero.com >>>>> >>>>> Phone: +61 416 264 204 >>>>> Skype: malcolmgroves >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the >> intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. 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