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I think the vision of Software ICs was delivered most fully by VBX custom controls for Visual Basic and Delphi. Superseded by OCX. There were hundreds of them

I think the vision of Software ICs was delivered most fully by VBX custom controls for Visual Basic and Delphi. Superseded by OCX. There were hundreds of them you could download for free or paid, doing all kinds of GUI and non-GUI tasks. Doesn’t seem so popular now.

pjmlp 6y ago
Depends on which circles you move around. https://www.actiprosoftware.com/ https://www.actiprosoftware.com/ https://www.grapecity.com/ https://www.grapecity.com/ https://www.telerik.com/ https://www.telerik.com/ Just a sample, there are others.
- bboreham 6y ago
  Sure, I just think web became way more popular. Maybe Wordpress plugins are the spiritual successor.
  - pjmlp 6y ago
    Those companies also sell Web components, as in for all major SPAs and SSR frameworks, the issue is only enterprises care enough to pay for them.