> I must admit to being astounded at the distinct lack of response from people > from here. I have 7 people, which is good - but these have been rounded up > by Distributech (we also have one response from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > Jason Saggers) - and I'm thankful for that.
Well never going to getting one from me being in Dunedin but... >Sure you aren't > getting paid to do this and you say you won't be doing .NET for years, but > how many of you still write and maintain Delphi 1 applications? Quite > clearly not "none", but certainly not many. You're going to be moving to > .NET because Microsoft (bless their cotton socks) have said so (and it > really is a far, far better environment). Even if you don't actually want to > help by doing anything, even if you don't know anything about .NET, come > along anyway - you'd probably learn something useful! And Delphi 8 ROCKS. Well .NET looks from what we can see as suitable for particular types of application but hardly looks a universal platform. I've been with Borland since Turbo pascal 1 but like many others are very concerned by the latest turn. If we cant compile for performance platform then its time to part ways. I am certainly not going to D8 for .NET. And I cant see how even MS can stick to .NET without parallel win64 development. Too much risk from competitors. Without any assurance that I would ever use D8, it is hard to get excited about testing it. Now, maybe my fears are unfounded but key collaborators seem to have the same fears and the same searching for an alternative system. I've got to see a lot of dust settle before I can get excited over .NET ---------------------------------------------------------- Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
