Q: What are your thoughts about people on those [non-legal sites]?
:) Let me take for example, DBISAM 4.28 or Add-in-Express 2009, none of those people have it. DBISAM costs US$529 (The minimum source code option). None of them are kind souls who will give out the source code for free after paying for it. That leads me think two things: They are just beggars waiting for another crack, patch to get them going along until someone "helps" out. When DelphiHater started recommending BPL for trials, lots of people started to have big problems compiling their EXEs.
These people have no ability to install BPLs or use DPKs or understand complex things. They don't understand developing a nice product takes 6 or 9 months while making a crack only takes a few days (and no profit). Suppose you hire someone, would you hire an experience person or someone who cannot even update code from Delphi 2007 to Delphi 2009? Or ask them to write new VCL component... maybe results are big mess because person is incompetent or lazy.
These people complain they earn low salary, but if you look closely, many of them are more interested to play World of Warcraft, buy iPods, and do everything else. They can probably download everything, and at end of day, everyone loses, the vendors like Developer Express, TMS, ElevateSoft lose money due to such people (and will not even pay for anything at all). The company that makes Delphi will report poor sales, and eventually no money for good jobs. Then people are begging for TurboDelphi or reduced costs. With such bad sales, nobody wins...
- no job (or low salary),
- no sales (or poor sales)
- no profits (or losses)
- prices will go up because of low sales
means fewer and fewer companies use Delphi. now even Universities do not teach using Delphi at all, which is even better.
Why not ask some of the people to "donate money" to vendors who make components to keep them alive?, they will think it's stupid, but look closely, all of them have no interest to pay anything at all. Some of the people experience hardship because their business shut down, or get fired from job, but think about it.
Think really long and hard, the future is coming soon, maybe DelphiHater knew something.
Website Obituary: TurboPower.com criticisms
DelphiHater thanks readers for pointing out factual discrepancies about TurboPower. DelphiHater want to mention couple of points:
a) The review was quite respectful, and this site does not have any swear words like the Linux Hater's blog. So you might to take look at characters of those who call this site "troll" and other swear words. Think about it...
b) Any volunteers who wants to port Opherus grid to Delphi 2009? Very few people did so, most of them have errors or partially complete files.
c) Anyone wants to check the other reviews - ProfGrid's DHTMLEdit review, or ShellPlus review or IonWorx review, or AppControls review? DelphiHater would love to get some criticisms on those reviews.
d) This website focuses on money aspects as well. Tell me anyone who can live on US$400-US900 a month as a Delphi developer [Going rate for Delphi developer now-a-days].
e) Notably, while everyone says it's here-say, DelphiHater wonders if anyone tried using any other interrupt than Int 10h to access video, or Int 2Fh to access mouse or COM I/O port or Int 21h to access DOS services? You can always feel free to try this under Windows 95/98/ME. maybe you might get some real answers yourself instead of saying it's here-say.
f) Some people criticized about LMD. Around the time TurboPower went bust, LMD had purchased ElPack. For Dream-Company, I wonder why they went out of business? Did anyone bother to ask Mr. Serge (Dream-Company Owner) before he quit?
g) DelphiHater welcomes your criticisms to the TurboPower website obituary. By making it more and more accurate, there will be less room for people who just say "Delphi is the best" or "Delphi forever".
After all, how can large company like TurboPower who creates so many libraries go out of business?
If you look at DevExpress, they changed their sales tactics and notably, if you are DevExpress subscriber, you can always hear Mr. Julian Bucknall lament about poor Delphi sales and how NET sales saved DevExpress in the DevExpress private forums...
Financial criticisms
DelphiHater would like some honest down-to-earth criticisms on financial aspects stated on this blog.
Whenever DelphiHater talks money, is it not true that someone has to pay for something? Who pays for your salary? Who pays for the goods? Maybe the spirit of Delphi that lives on some half-dead website or open-source (free) products pay for it!
Take hard look. If you don't pay your bills, what happens? Either you will lose your house or car, or get really depressed trying to pay all the bills... Or wait! The spirit of Delphi is around us, and by magic, money comes in!
:)
1 comment:
Some notes from people on those [non-legal sites]:
1. "DBISAM 4.28 or Add-in-Express 2009, none of those people have it."
Are you sure? LOL. You're not looking.
2. "None of them are kind souls who will give out the source code for free after paying for it."
And again you are wrong - how about for example RemObjects Suite Subscription for Delphi avaible on warez-scene? It's costs 1499$.
3. "...the vendors like Developer Express, TMS, ElevateSoft lose money due to such people (and will not even pay for anything at all)"
We allow people to evaluate your products without any restrictions. It's very good advertisement for really good components - Many people have tested components from warez-scene, looked at the clean and smart source and then bought them. And you don't know how much we really pay and for what.
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