In my (pretty much worthless) opinion, RB2005 should not have been released when it was.
I paid for it and basically it has been useless. Even with 1 gig RAM on a 2 GHz server-class machine, it's irritatingly slow and it crashes often. My 'upgrade' options have expired, so I'll not be upgrading for a while. Yes, I still have faith in RB, but still feel ripped off over this purchase. Count me as one of the 'noisy few,' if you must :) So far, I have stuck with 5.5.5. I downloaded the 2006 demo and it seemed better, but the problems I had with it still exist. Most of them were superficial or amounted to 'incorrect functionality' issues, but still yield an unprofessional looking end product. Also, the IDE is still slow. Not sure about compile times. I didn't have an issue with compile times because (I assume) my projects are relatively small. The compile time actually seems a little faster than RB 5.5.5, but I have heard people complaining about compile times. On the plus side, both 2005 and 2006 had some great coding additions and improvements, but I'm not able to take advantage of them at this point to know how well they really work. As far as the other 'noisy few,' you shouldn't really take their issues lightly as they are still important in the grand scheme of things. If what they talk about seems to be a problem for you, and it's a verifiable problem with RB that hasn't been blown out of proportion, then why ignore it if they seem to be angry. On the other hand, you're programming for yourself, so working around bugs and dealing with visual oddities might not be an issue for you. My guess is that RB 2007 will be what RB 2005 should have been. I'll wait until then. They're obviously still tinkering with what must be a huge and demanding project. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
