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Delphi and family have changed hands several times since the golden Delphi 7 age. A lot of the decisions along the way were very controversial. Think of a produ
by narag 6y ago
Delphi and family have changed hands several times since the golden Delphi 7 age. A lot of the decisions along the way were very controversial. Think of a product with a massive community turning into niche. Price up while cutting costs.
It was clear that they intended to squeeze the few remaining customers. The forums, even moderated by the company, reflected the bad morale. So they closed the forums. They were in a nntp server with a web gateway.
The last insult, that made me disconnect, was removing database access from the "Professional" license and moving it to the "Enterprise Architect", not sure how it ended, I couldn't keep watching.
This Bold news seem too little too late.
- fmxexpress 6y agoThis is inaccurate. The pro license compiles to Android, IOS, Windows, and OSX. You can connect to SQLite and IBlite. Additionally, you can connect to MySQL or other DBs on localhost for example. Lastly, you can connect to remote databases with third party solutions (though against the spirit of the license). The enterprise license allows connecting to over 20 different remote databases. The architect license (the most expensive) has additional features not related to connecting to remote databases.
- narag 6y agoHow much is Pro nowadays? And it can't connect to a proper RDBMS. Come on. But don't worry, the post is surely out of the front page now, so nobody cares what I say.
- fmxexpress 6y ago~$51/month for 36 months.