On 8 May 2012 14:52, Andrew Brunner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've never ran a check to see what is different in units.
I'm not referring to implementation (source code) - only the API and functionality. > Delphi is Windows ONLY. Not any more. :) As of Delphi XE2 it officially supports Windows, Mac OS X and iOS. There seems to be talks about Linux too. > is new. The fact remains that Lazarus/FPC predate Embarcadero's purchase of > Delphi. Therefore it was their responsibility to do execute > DUE DILIGENCE prior to their purchase. You assumption seems wrong. Oracle bought Sun (which included the Java product) AFTER Android was created/released by Google. That still didn't stop Oracle from taking Google to court. As far as I understand it, if you bought a company, you get the company, its products (it's intellectual property) and the history of those products - unless explicitly specified otherwise. > Please. I wouldn't spend too much time waiting. The reason Embarcadero was > rescued from the chopping block was their owner loves the language. > Embarcadero is not going to make enemies. Going by the history of many projects and companies - love has NO say in business. It's all about the money! > And without Lazarus. Delphi has no future. That's wishful thinking at best. -- Regards, - Graeme - -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
