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The main reason for Object Pascal's downfall is the mismanagement by Borland and subsequently Embarcadero. It did not give a lot of people confidence when Borl
by Svip 7y ago
The main reason for Object Pascal's downfall is the mismanagement by Borland and subsequently Embarcadero. It did not give a lot of people confidence when Borland sold it to a relatively unknown entity in 2008. And Embarcadero's immediately handling of Delphi did not help concerns either.
But at that point, interest in Delphi was already declining, and neither Borland nor Embarcadero has figured out to bring back excitement. Delphi news occasionally appear on Hacker News, and people talk enthusiastically about it, but no one actually starts a new major product in Delphi following that.
- tluyben2 7y agoIt's incredibly expensive for something you cannot really seriously try out. I would want to try the full Architect edition at least for 3 months before deciding to buy it for that 'enterprise' price point and build anything in it that we would/could rely on. I think the price is the biggest burden though. They seem to not care about more people using it, so it's fine. It might make them enough as it is, but they should have a 'community version' (which should be at least the 'Enterprise' version) and then some saner pricing; I think it would get bums on seats. Not as many as it would've brought 15 years ago if they would've done that, but significantly more than now.
- Svip 7y agoFrankly, and I know this is going to sound cynical, but I feel like their pricing model suggests that they have given up on getting new Delphi users, and only wish to milk the remaining Delphi customers for as long as they can.
- tluyben2 7y agoI would agree with you there. Wonder how large the team is that still works on it (and maybe believes in it?).