1a. Delphi 2009 help is one of the worst help. It is still not fixed.
1b. To be fair, Delphi 2010 have around 10,000 topics marked "You are invited to contribute to our documentation by submitting your comments, questions, and input to the Documentation". Can Embarcadero at least hire more people who can at least spend some time to document the Delphi VCL?
2a. Borland/DevCo(nonsense company)/CodeGear/Embarcadero not support for Delphi 2006, also, do not support Delphi 2005 anymore. Any requests for updates for Delphi 2006 will be, upgrade.
2b. Is there any reason why the Embarcadero Delphi and C++ builder Architect edition costs Euro 3499? Why don't they provide Delphi 2009 Update 5, 6 instead of making new version of Delphi?
3a. Delphi 2009 does not support NET well. (it's still in beta)
3b. Delphi 2010 dumped the Delphi.NET compiler and replaced it with RemObjects. That means nearly everyone who uses Delphi.NET older versions gets screwed. Anyone interested to use Prism when everyone is using C#?
4. Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010 does not support Vista compressed-icons.
5. Delphi Jobs. What Delphi jobs?
6a. Did anyone notice hundreds of bugs not fixed in Delphi 2009 (Hint: See the QC)
6b. Some bugs were fixed, but still plenty to fix. If so, should I wait until Delphi 2013 or maybe 2015 before I "upgrade"?
7. Multiple undo-redo in forms for the IDE? not here. (what a joke BTW)
8. 64-bit? when? maybe in the year 2012? It's already 2007, 2008, 2009, and coming 2010 soon. Delphi 2010 is still 32-bits. When will this be ready?
9. Why do I have to buy full version of IntraWeb to get technical support?
10. Why should I buy US$100++ a year subscriptions for third-party libs?
11a. if I hated delphi, I would be called a troll, trouble-maker on the Embacardo
newsgroups. Why don't TeamB cancel these insults? no, they won't.
12. If the Delphi version is released more than 1 year than the person purchasing the SA, he has to renew and has no new version of Delphi (very stupid, IMHO).
13a. Delphi Generics.Collection. Documentation?
13b. All the bugs that are in Delphi 2009 for Generics are fixed in Delphi 2010. Do you feel lucky?
14a. Why do I have to buy ModelMaker, TwoDesk-Castalia... Why can't Embarcarado simply add those features to the IDE?
14b. Related question. How much more money do you have to pay for each additional user to use Delphi?
1b. To be fair, Delphi 2010 have around 10,000 topics marked "You are invited to contribute to our documentation by submitting your comments, questions, and input to the Documentation". Can Embarcadero at least hire more people who can at least spend some time to document the Delphi VCL?
2a. Borland/DevCo(nonsense company)/CodeGear/Embarcadero not support for Delphi 2006, also, do not support Delphi 2005 anymore. Any requests for updates for Delphi 2006 will be, upgrade.
2b. Is there any reason why the Embarcadero Delphi and C++ builder Architect edition costs Euro 3499? Why don't they provide Delphi 2009 Update 5, 6 instead of making new version of Delphi?
3a. Delphi 2009 does not support NET well. (it's still in beta)
3b. Delphi 2010 dumped the Delphi.NET compiler and replaced it with RemObjects. That means nearly everyone who uses Delphi.NET older versions gets screwed. Anyone interested to use Prism when everyone is using C#?
4. Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010 does not support Vista compressed-icons.
5. Delphi Jobs. What Delphi jobs?
6a. Did anyone notice hundreds of bugs not fixed in Delphi 2009 (Hint: See the QC)
6b. Some bugs were fixed, but still plenty to fix. If so, should I wait until Delphi 2013 or maybe 2015 before I "upgrade"?
7. Multiple undo-redo in forms for the IDE? not here. (what a joke BTW)
8. 64-bit? when? maybe in the year 2012? It's already 2007, 2008, 2009, and coming 2010 soon. Delphi 2010 is still 32-bits. When will this be ready?
9. Why do I have to buy full version of IntraWeb to get technical support?
10. Why should I buy US$100++ a year subscriptions for third-party libs?
11a. if I hated delphi, I would be called a troll, trouble-maker on the Embacardo
newsgroups. Why don't TeamB cancel these insults? no, they won't.
12. If the Delphi version is released more than 1 year than the person purchasing the SA, he has to renew and has no new version of Delphi (very stupid, IMHO).
13a. Delphi Generics.Collection. Documentation?
13b. All the bugs that are in Delphi 2009 for Generics are fixed in Delphi 2010. Do you feel lucky?
14a. Why do I have to buy ModelMaker, TwoDesk-Castalia... Why can't Embarcarado simply add those features to the IDE?
14b. Related question. How much more money do you have to pay for each additional user to use Delphi?
6 comments:
Concerning "6b.", Embarcadero is actually very helpful here. In order to make your decision not unnecessarily hard they limit the time during which you are allowed to purchase the upgrade. if you exceed it, your only choice is purchasing a completely new copy.
С уважением,
... ;)
Nice blog... I'm reading from the older posts to sooner ones and I agree with most of it, but, before I write some more useful comments, two questions:
Which country are you from?
Why do you so often commas instead of the "and" word? Like "A, B, C" instead od "A, B and C". That's funny... =P
P.S.: I'm not trolling you! =D
Why do you so often commas instead of the "and" word? Like "A, B, C" instead od "A, B and C". That's funny... =P
For country, the people involved in this blog are intentionally anonymous.
Many of the documents on this blog are edited multiple times and the list of items in a sentence are or were revised multiple times.
Much effort went into checking accuracy, facts and details before posting.
But those are small grammatical mistakes. :|
No problem! It was just curiosity...
Nice blog, very nice sarcasm and humor!
I'm project coordinator in a company which is in a transition period from Delphi to other technologies. But I was a Delphi programmer for years and, for more sad it be, I'm forced to agree with most of things said here...
Keep the job, I'll keep the reading. Maybe I'll comment the newer posts.
Regards, DH!
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11a. if I hated delphi, I would be called a troll, trouble-maker on the Embacardo
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If you hated Delphi why even bother going to the newsgroups. What purpose would it be other than to incite a fight.
However if you actually liked Delphi, BUT simply had a bone to pick on certain items that if fixed could help improve the product then that would be of use. But to simply hate and go flood their newsgroup with hate reflects more on you than anything else.
I guarantee if you go to a Microsoft site or other vendor and start spreading hate about their product you would get slammed by that community. Nothing different here.
I have said it before... I do agree with certain things you say (mostly with cost since that hurts me the most), but much of what you say could easily be said about other development environments and companies.
Who are we kidding... Microsoft's offering does not bring about euforia either and it isn't cheap for the enterprise either.
Have a good one.
Good Morning
I work with Delphi 7 and Report Builder from Digital Metaphors but seeing the "situation" I would like some advice reports with Visual Studio. Net
Does anyone know if you can "migrate" my current reports to another tool "similar" to Visual Studio. Net?
What do you think about the "evolution" and the cost of the products of Embarcadero?
is Delphi dying?
I'm starting to hate Delphi/Embarcadero.
;-(
Thanks.
Regards.
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