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Delphi and vb were crazy cheap. Vb cost 200 bucks. Delphi could be had for 50. It’s one of the reasons for their incredible success.
by bodhiandphysics 5y ago
Delphi and vb were crazy cheap. Vb cost 200 bucks. Delphi could be had for 50. It’s one of the reasons for their incredible success.
- robocat 5y agoI don’t remember Delphi ever being cheap, although you could perhaps get academic versions or gimped personal editions. About Delphi 2 released 1996: “List price is $2000 for the Client/Server Suite, $500 for the Desktop version, and $800 for the Developer version. Street prices are usually about half the list price, and upgrade prices are even better. Support options are described the Supportability section of this review.” — https://www.thekompany.com/review-of-delphi-2-from-borland/ https://www.thekompany.com/review-of-delphi-2-from-borland/ Prices went up from there over the years, and Embarcadero are now acting more like Oracle when it comes to trying to enforce their rules (I had a friend get an incredibly rude and nasty call from Embarcadero, regardless that he was a super fan, and he had already been paying many thousands to be fully licensed. I have never personally seen a professional company treat a paying professional client so poorly - seriously avoid Embarcadero.)
- bodhiandphysics 5y agoYou’re right... I’m remembering wrong. However vb was incredibly cheap