Hi all, Further to recent comments on the Delphi User Group activity, I was reminded of where we came from, and why, and how the User Group functions.
At yesterday's meeting with John Kaster, I sat beside Andy Bell, who with a bunch of others, attended the Delphi Retreat in Sydney just before Delphi was released out of Beta. We were enthralled and enthused. The result when we came back was the Delphi User Group, with meetings in the Board Room at Banklink, courtesy of Andy and Steve Agnew. We met every week for quite some time providing the necessary support, as there was little around at that time. As time went on we then met every two weeks, then every month for a long time. The Online list appeared, and then meetings became every three months, and then sporadic as they are now. The necessity for group meetings became less as we all became familiar with the product, the language, and the toolset. Now with the amount of help available throught the newsgroups, and material via Google, there is less of that need. It is presentations like yesterday's that bring the troops out of the woodwork. It was a pleasure to hear John speak, and to get the latest goss from inside. Delphi 2006 looks to be far more desireable than Delphi 2005. I'm loading the Beta as we speak. I asked John K. if there were plans for a Code Contest with Microsoft. That would be great to prove a point. (Except we know MS likes to set the rules ... in it's favour of course!!). Lets see if that happens. Anyone like to put their hands up? Any other comments? cheers Gary > 40 > > > --- > Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: +64-9-9184573 > cell: +64-21-467747 > other: MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED], skype: rvowles > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead > Sent: Wednesday, 16 November 2005 1:26 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: RE: [DUG] migrate app from firebird to informix > > May I ask how many people yesterday? No need to be acurately? 10 or 100? > > Just curious > > Regards > Leigh > > http://www.salenz.com > > Jason Saggers wrote: >> We had quite a turn out a John Kaster yesterday, which would suggest >> the (Auckland) community is still there... > > Hey, I came up from Wellington - enjoyed the talk to. > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
