Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Phil Scadden
More on cross-platform. Developing for the plethora of devices out there might be attractive, but the other area booming is the server. More and more computing is moving there. Now is my area so odd for NOT using windows in the server environment? In our myriad of servers, I think we have one

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Paul A Norman
One of the things that is slowly getting my attention more and more, is that we have been USA focussed for so long, the we are barely able to recognize the rising skill set of the multitude of Asian developers and inov innovators. There is one Japanese professor who developed a complete super

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Jeremy North
Paul, You need to be careful using we when you really mean I. ;-) cheers, Jeremy On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Paul A Norman paul.a.nor...@gmail.com wrote: One of the things that is slowly getting my attention more and more, is that we have been USA focussed for so long, the we are barely

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Paul A Norman
Good on you Jeremy, But I think you will find there is a wide spread ignorance amongst many western developers in what is happening in Asia. For so long the westerner has thought they were in the lead. And assumes it is still so. I spent five months in and out if the USA and in many sectors

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Jeremy North
Did you know that one of the guys on the delphi compiler team is Japanese? On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Paul A Norman paul.a.nor...@gmail.com wrote: Good on you Jeremy, But I think you will find there is a wide spread ignorance amongst many western developers in what is happening in Asia.

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Malcolm Groves
Tagawa-san. Not just Japanese, but works from Japan as well. And at the risk of re-igniting something, he's been doing a lot of the 64 bit compiler work. Cheers Malcolm -Original Message- Did you know that one of the guys on the delphi compiler team is Japanese? CONFIDENTIALITY

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Jeremy North
IIRC also from home as well. Danny commented how lucky he was (but that [comment] was a while ago now)! On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Malcolm Groves mgro...@embarcadero.com wrote: Tagawa-san. Not just Japanese, but works from Japan as well. And at the risk of re-igniting something, he's

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Paul A Norman
Did you know that one of the guys on the delphi compiler team is Japanese? Not at all surprising - I think we will see a lot more 'extreme' innovation out of Japan, and even Vietnam. Paul 2009/10/16 Malcolm Groves mgro...@embarcadero.com Tagawa-san. Not just Japanese, but works from Japan as

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Paul A Norman
Dear Malcolm, And at the risk of re-igniting something, he's been doing a lot of the 64 bit compiler work. My concussion, as just one voice, after taking the time the last few weeks to explore it as much as I could, and not wanting/being able to go to the Auckland presentation, is that over all

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Malcolm Groves
Hi Paul, Thanks, I do try to. Part of the reason I subscribe to this list (and others) and read as many of the post's I can (albeit sometimes in batch mode every week or so) is for exactly that reason. It's also one of the reasons I read every post on Jolyon's (and other's) blogs, and visit as

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-15 Thread Paul A Norman
Thanks Malcolm, I think that one of the things that is slowly coming across is that E doesn't appear to intend to just suddenly go away or dump Delphi. I know that for some people this has been a real issue underlying a lot of what has been said. You get into a development cycle, on a big

[DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-14 Thread John Bird
The reason I see a decreasing use of desktops (and Windows) is multiple: 1 - Most pcs are getting smaller. The fastest growing areas of sales are in laptops and netbooks these days. As these get smaller and more powerful more and more users find they do not need anything more, and they are

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

2009-10-14 Thread Jolyon Smith
heading toward their OWN goal the whole time. From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of John Bird Sent: Thursday, 15 October 2009 4:46 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: [DUG] Cross platform musings The reason I see