Many Delphi software developers in Pakistan have suspended their software development activities while many others are on the verge of losing their livelihood due to gas and power loadshedding in Pakistan.
Pakistanis are currently having to endure without electricity for more than 8 to 10 hours a day. Your reviewer has Pakistani friends and asked them for some feedback about this issue.
Mohammad, a Pakistani Delphi Developer who spoke on condition of anonymity, feels the situation is getting worse and worse every day. Many Delphi Developers in Pakistan are doing outsourcing, with people working around-the-clock to satisfy American and European customers. "There would be one or two developers who work overnight and then and give instructions to the software development team who comes in the morning", says Mohammad. "With these power-cuts, we are unable to even contact our customers".
Software development using Delphi has been severely affected. The power suddenly is cut-off and computer reboots, many times a day. This causes lost works and sometimes, we have to repeat the works done again. With power-cuts from 8pm onwards and sometimes more than 10 hours a day, we are unable to contact our American customers who are waiting on us to deliver, Mohammad explains.
Mohammad is anxious about his job. His boss, is facing prospects of laying off all his 30 Delphi developers if this power-crisis continue further. Without power and internet connection, very hot summer and no electricity for cool water, Mohammad and his work colleges sit idle in darkness, sometimes, pass their time reading code printed on paper, or read some Computer books.
With little or no money coming in, Mohammad and his friends are very worried. "If I cannot earn a living, what should I do?". Sunset comes and at 8pm, the power is cut again.
Without the ability to do software development timely and quickly, Pakistani Delphi developers are quickly losing their advantage, and rival Indian Delphi developers are quick to mention this to their customers. Rama, an InfoTech business owner in Mumbai, says his company receives 2 or 3 customers requests a week to take-over Delphi development work from Pakistani Delphi developers.
Pakistanis are currently having to endure without electricity for more than 8 to 10 hours a day. Your reviewer has Pakistani friends and asked them for some feedback about this issue.
Mohammad, a Pakistani Delphi Developer who spoke on condition of anonymity, feels the situation is getting worse and worse every day. Many Delphi Developers in Pakistan are doing outsourcing, with people working around-the-clock to satisfy American and European customers. "There would be one or two developers who work overnight and then and give instructions to the software development team who comes in the morning", says Mohammad. "With these power-cuts, we are unable to even contact our customers".
Software development using Delphi has been severely affected. The power suddenly is cut-off and computer reboots, many times a day. This causes lost works and sometimes, we have to repeat the works done again. With power-cuts from 8pm onwards and sometimes more than 10 hours a day, we are unable to contact our American customers who are waiting on us to deliver, Mohammad explains.
Mohammad is anxious about his job. His boss, is facing prospects of laying off all his 30 Delphi developers if this power-crisis continue further. Without power and internet connection, very hot summer and no electricity for cool water, Mohammad and his work colleges sit idle in darkness, sometimes, pass their time reading code printed on paper, or read some Computer books.
With little or no money coming in, Mohammad and his friends are very worried. "If I cannot earn a living, what should I do?". Sunset comes and at 8pm, the power is cut again.
Without the ability to do software development timely and quickly, Pakistani Delphi developers are quickly losing their advantage, and rival Indian Delphi developers are quick to mention this to their customers. Rama, an InfoTech business owner in Mumbai, says his company receives 2 or 3 customers requests a week to take-over Delphi development work from Pakistani Delphi developers.
7 comments:
First, why only Delphi? Any computer-related activity is affected by outages.
But the cost of solving the problem - UPS (Uninterpretable Power Supply) is less then $100.
Cheap enough, right?
@vcooking
hi,
I'll have to wait for my friend to come on-line to answer your questions.
please contact me at delphihaters at gmail dot com
Hi Eugene, I am sorry, I do not respond to email. Can you write down issue publicly?
Thanks
Mike, Steel company needs little :) more energy then computer company. Solar panels costs about $1000 for set enough for average house. For steel company I afraid it will not work :)
Eugene,
Доброе утро, проверить почту :)
my friend got back to me.
Oil and gas in Pakistan is quite expensive (by Pakistani standards)
for UPS, there is no power for extended periods. UPS only lasts for minutes.
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