Tony, >>Respectfully Brian, I seriously disagree and we owe it to ourselves to get up to date on the cost of development software.
As you know I'm a huge Delphi fan and don't resent the cost of that. Until Delphi 7, whose only improvement over Delphi 6 was support for .Net that never materialised in any useable form. I was particularly unimpressed when I learned that the Borland demonstrations at DCOM in London using Delphi with the Compact framework on Pocket PC, were the result of a compiler hack and that this functionality was not available in the product. The whole edition had the feel of a knee-jerk response, and that knocked my faith somewhat: frankly I don't expect that kind of thing from Borland. C++Builer and J#Builder both add significant value to any development, and I don't resent the cost of those. Ditto for Kylix. But C#Builder is a borrowed technology and the cost seems way high for what is essentially a wrapper around a compiler that is otherwise available for free. The cost seems to be set to reflect that of Visual Studio .Net, which offers far more in terms of functionality than the Borland IDE: and it got hammered by the computer press over here for exactly that reason. I'm worried that Borland are getting greedy - snapping up technology companies instead of concentrating on their core skills of providing the best languages (they've gone down that road before and been badly burned) - there is a sense that they are panicking in response to losing their best resource to Microsoft - and pushing out product that is overpriced for the market or not ready. That's not the Borland we know and love, and as a long time Borland supporter, I want Borland to succeed - they have a very loyal customer base and I can't see these tactics doing Borland any favours. BTW you cannot legally use C#Builder personal for any commercial development. Brian 'who wouldn't be without his MSDN universal subscription either' Leach ________________________________________________________________________ This email was checked on leaving Microgen for viruses, similar malicious code and inappropriate content by MessageLabs SkyScan. DISCLAIMER This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information. In the event of any technical difficulty with this email, please contact the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microgen Information Management Solutions http://www.microgen.co.uk -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
