> Hi Phil, > Why can't you move to Linux platform, if you really want the performance?
This is the obvious option. We use lots of Linux server-side though for development, have had quite a bit of surprising pain porting unix to Lunix. Maybe just unlucky - lots of Xwidgets. The trend though has been to port a lot of stuff we used to do on Unix to the desktop. A PC able to run XP and high-end consumer graphics card is pretty formidable piece of kit these days. Getting enough grunt plus nice delphi to do good user front-ends. Linux is going to presuppose a move to a Linux desktop. Much more likely is a wait-and-see. Maybe CLR will deliver a faster platform and so a move to .NET would make sense. Maybe MS will re-think Win64 if Mac OS and Lunix erode their base because .NET doesn't provide the performance. Altogether too much uncertainity to be investing in .NET yet. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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
