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I'm moderator in one of the oldest/largest delphi forum in latin-america: http://clubdelphi.com/ http://clubdelphi.com/ Ironically, I don't use Delphi anymore

by mamcx 10y ago

I'm moderator in one of the oldest/largest delphi forum in latin-america: http://clubdelphi.com/ http://clubdelphi.com/ Ironically, I don't use Delphi anymore. Yet, I still help people with it and defend it when is possible. Delphi is amazing. It only have a HUGE problem: His owners. You can re4ad why Delphi fade away here: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Borland-fail?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Borland-fail?share=1 "Borland lost its way when executive management decided to change the company to pursue a different market. ... ... In the height of the enterprise transformation, I asked Del Yocam, one of many interim CEOs after Kahn, "Are you saying you want to trade a million loyal $100 customers for a hundred $1 million customers?" Yocam replied without hesitation "Absolutely."

kofejnik 10y ago
yep, just checked, minimal useful Delphi license is ~$1500, which is a non-starter for most people outside of corporate environment consequently, you can never just pick it up and grow into it, you only learn it on the job which already uses it or maybe, you torrent it
- vintagedave 10y ago
  There is a free version. Download Starter.
  - zeroc8 10y ago
    Can't do much with free. It's a waste of time. Give us some affordable professional options (i.e. Windows only professional for 300 bucks or so). Have a look at Jetbrains, they have figured it out.
bsder 10y ago
> In the height of the enterprise transformation, I asked Del Yocam, one of many interim CEOs after Kahn, "Are you saying you want to trade a million loyal $100 customers for a hundred $1 million customers?" Yocam replied without hesitation "Absolutely." And he is 100% correct. It's way easier to double the profit from 100 customers than it is 1 million.
- mamcx 10y ago
  Correct only for money. But a language MUST go for reach. Is no that is bad to try to catch the fat-money, is that them forget the rest. This make Delphi fade. And impossible to some of us to even continue using it. --- The current free version is something new, however this have been try before but never consistently, so is unsure if I get Delphi free now it will continue. This make risky to get it.

by mamcx 10y ago

kofejnik 10y ago

yep, just checked, minimal useful Delphi license is ~$1500, which is a non-starter for most people outside of corporate environment consequently, you can never just pick it up and grow into it, you only learn it on the job which already uses it or maybe, you torrent it

vintagedave 10y ago
There is a free version. Download Starter.
- zeroc8 10y ago
  Can't do much with free. It's a waste of time. Give us some affordable professional options (i.e. Windows only professional for 300 bucks or so). Have a look at Jetbrains, they have figured it out.

bsder 10y ago

> In the height of the enterprise transformation, I asked Del Yocam, one of many interim CEOs after Kahn, "Are you saying you want to trade a million loyal $100 customers for a hundred $1 million customers?" Yocam replied without hesitation "Absolutely." And he is 100% correct. It's way easier to double the profit from 100 customers than it is 1 million.

mamcx 10y ago
Correct only for money. But a language MUST go for reach. Is no that is bad to try to catch the fat-money, is that them forget the rest. This make Delphi fade. And impossible to some of us to even continue using it. --- The current free version is something new, however this have been try before but never consistently, so is unsure if I get Delphi free now it will continue. This make risky to get it.