What is the future of Delphi
I have an opportunity to do some development work in Delphi.
I have done a little research and I am concerned because I think I see signs of a dying product.
- Spinning off from Borland
- Bought Up by Embarcadero
Most forum and newsgroup discussions are years old with little activity over the last two years.
My question to the community is this:
Am I reading the tea leaves correctly?
Is Delphi worth investing the time needed to become skilled in the language and the price of purchasing the tools.
I have done a little research and I am concerned because I think I see signs of a dying product.
- Spinning off from Borland
- Bought Up by Embarcadero
Most forum and newsgroup discussions are years old with little activity over the last two years.
My question to the community is this:
Am I reading the tea leaves correctly?
Is Delphi worth investing the time needed to become skilled in the language and the price of purchasing the tools.
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Thanks for the input. I will check out the sites you recommended.
Thanks for the input. I will check out the sites you recommended.
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Since this post was soliciting your opinions, I am not sure how to award points. I will defer to the moderator for help on that.
All of your opinions were helpful; however, I have not found a compelling reason to either accept this project or to reject it. I will have to invest my time prudently and see how it evolves.
Thank You all for your thoughts.
All of your opinions were helpful; however, I have not found a compelling reason to either accept this project or to reject it. I will have to invest my time prudently and see how it evolves.
Thank You all for your thoughts.
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Are you going the .Net way, C# is allways slightly ahead
Or are you doing machine software like PLC ?
and what newsgroups are you looking at ?
Have you checked the activity for Delphi here ?
Or tried the following sites to see what components you can get ?
http://www.devexpress.com
http://www.tmssoftware.com
http://www.torry.net
etc.etc.