| Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Delphi Applications with Firebird |
|---|---|
| Author | th@vatopedi.gr |
| Post date | 2008-07-24T06:48:16Z |
ruan_h wrote:
based on polls it seems that D2007 is the most used variant nowadays
with D6/7 being near in 2nd place. See
http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_poll&task=results&id=19
Knowing all the versions of Delphi, the above results aren't surprising.
Of course YMMV.
posts about Tiburon (the very-soon-to-be-released D2009), speaking with
the team (both CodeGear & DatabaseGear sides) & community, imho this is
far from happening. AFAIS, and as almost anyone says, Tiburon is by far
the most innovative Delphi for many years now, especially if we think
that D7 was mostly a bug-fix release for D6. If you want have a look at
http://blogs.codegear.com/ (be sure to read the comments of each blog
post - there are plenty of them on some posts) and/or lurk in
b.p.d.non-technical in CodeGear's newsgroups. Also, if you have any
problem regarding this you can ask in the above newsgroup.
very happy with the present flow of things.
.3rdParty newsgroup) from CG/Embarcadero news server and ask there (just
to be more specific). They will answer you. As from Firebird's side of
things, Helen gave you a very nice response.
m. Th.
> HiYou cannot find this exactly, as the others said. But, as an aside,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows what percentage of applications that
> use Firebird are written in Delphi?
>
>
based on polls it seems that D2007 is the most used variant nowadays
with D6/7 being near in 2nd place. See
http://codegearguru.com/index.php?option=com_poll&task=results&id=19
Knowing all the versions of Delphi, the above results aren't surprising.
Of course YMMV.
> I ask because I think Delphi's general usage is already shrinking andHmmm... Monitoring closely CodeGear's newsgroups, and the flood of blog
> I feel like it is only going to continue to do so. If Delphi does
> continue to shrink I was wondering what effect that will have on
> Firebird's growth.
>
posts about Tiburon (the very-soon-to-be-released D2009), speaking with
the team (both CodeGear & DatabaseGear sides) & community, imho this is
far from happening. AFAIS, and as almost anyone says, Tiburon is by far
the most innovative Delphi for many years now, especially if we think
that D7 was mostly a bug-fix release for D6. If you want have a look at
http://blogs.codegear.com/ (be sure to read the comments of each blog
post - there are plenty of them on some posts) and/or lurk in
b.p.d.non-technical in CodeGear's newsgroups. Also, if you have any
problem regarding this you can ask in the above newsgroup.
> I work on a large system with millions of lines of Delphi code so weDon't be afraid, there are many in your situation. And the community is
> need to consider where things will be in 3 to 5 years from now which
> is why I am interested.
very happy with the present flow of things.
> We already are having a lot of problemsYep, a known problem. My humble advice: go to .non-techincal (or
> getting support for some Delphi code we have purchased from 3rd parties.
>
>
.3rdParty newsgroup) from CG/Embarcadero news server and ask there (just
to be more specific). They will answer you. As from Firebird's side of
things, Helen gave you a very nice response.
> ThanksGood luck,
>
>
m. Th.