Geoff,

> It has been some time now, but the last time I looked at
> Lazarus it was far enough behind that the work it would have
> taken to get my components over to that environment meant
> that the upgrade price for Delphi turned out to look much
> more attractive. Hence I got D2010.
>
> You just have to pick where you pay the cost, because it's
> all going to cost you. :-(

At the time, you made the right decision.

However, due in part to the strong push to get IBO ported to Lazarus, there
have been a substantial number of improvements to Lazarus itself such that I
can maintain a very clean code base between Delphi and Lazarus.

Over the past months I have seen both FPC and Lazarus grow to meet my needs
in a rather quick and responsive manner. The momentum is quits strong and I
believe I am catching it at just the right time so as to be right at the
point where it is ready to become a mainstreamed part of things.

My sense is I am getting in at the ground floor of a great opportunity with
FPC and Lazarus. I recommend taking a serious look at the efforts to port
ibo5 to Lazarus. In a matter of only months from now, there should be a very
polished and well documented way to create IB Objects apps in Lazarus.

Regards,
Jason LeRoy Wharton
www.ibobjects.com