3/31/2011 11:01:54 PM #

To bad they will never be like Borland! Embarcadero's rediculous product costs and maintenance fees will be their downfall!

Shane |

4/1/2011 3:36:20 PM #

I agree with Shane.  I purchased the starter edition of XE.  What a mistake...  They've crippled it so badly that I find myself using Delphi 7 or manually adding watches in XE (pain in the butt) to debug code.  The in-ide debugging fails to resolve  variables when holding the mouse over the variables.  In addition, what genius at embarcadero decided to remove code completion for XE started (Ctrl+Shift+C).  What else have the disabled?  

They've priced the product (Pro version) where the average individual is unable to afford it.  

Tom |

4/2/2011 5:46:51 PM #

Nick
Can't agree on that. Starters deserve to have good and afforable tools with which to experiment, this must be the Embarcadero's bet to get more and more satisfied customers in the future.

If instead they created a so bad experience as to need to use old tools to do things, then something is seriously wrong with the current business model.

On the other hand, hardly professional developers will use a new tool that provides less comfort than they already have using their old tools, apart from the few improvements.

Again, if Embarcadero wants to keep those developers, they must listen to their needs and act accordingly. Also keep in mind that now there are lots of good development tools available in the net for free, to say the least.

pitfiend |

4/2/2011 11:55:07 PM #

Sure I understand, but do you remember Turbo stuff? they where fully capable to bring the power of pro to starters with the option to upgrade to pro for an affordable fee.

What I can't understand, is why after all this time, we are still unable to target x64 or cross target OS with a pro/enterprise/studio/architect version of Delphi. Honestly, every new Delphi holder has promised that, none has fulfilled that, leaving us with a bitter taste of unsatisfaction. Surely we can go over FreePascal&Lazarus, but it's not that easy to move big development, specially the deeply customized/oriented ones.

pitfiend |

4/11/2011 11:44:50 PM #

I agree with the general sentiment of the posts so far. As one who lived, breathed, and promoted Delphi for so long, it was hard coming to terms with having to move on. I still use Delphi frequently at work, but frankly, Delphi's "custodians" burned me one too many times. These days, AFAIC, the sooner I can migrate my team's Delphi code to C# the better off, more productive, and dare I say just plain happier we will be.

Lee |