Interesting reading, There is no doubt hat Delphi is struggling with something called "relevance" in today's world of Microsoft domination. Especially as C# seems to answer all the questions.
I like where Delphi is finally going. It's at least attempting to give that relevance by becoming a whole of world development environment. Its frustrating I know, that Delphi's strengths are not enough. It's main strength is in its productivity. Put simply a small team of 2-4 Delphi developers can more than equal 20-30 Java developers and possibly equal 4-5 C# developers all building the same application - but all you'll hear is the catch-cry "it's not in .NET", after all it MUST be in .NET for it to be a serious language, otherwise it's just a toy. I was asked recently by a development shop that had been Delphi for the past umpteen years if I'd advise moving to .NET - my answer would be "NO!". Delphi is highly productive for a small team, the team knows the language and changing it for no increase in productivity seemed a waste of time. It can also do everything needed for a powerful development language. Embarcadero has an uphill road to get Delphi main stream again and I don't think it can. But as someone here pointed out, it can be a great niche development tool, and a very powerful one. Steve Peacocke
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