I'll be blogging about Borland related stuff. Mostly. And whatever else comes to mind. ;-)

Saturday, April 17, 2004

I'm done. No more beta blogging. 


Experiment done. No more beta blogging for me.

Did I get your attention? :-p

I just removed the beta babble in the description up at the top of this page. I figured since I've been blogging solid for over 45 days, that the beta stuff needs to come off. I can't promise that I can keep up on at least one post per day, especially if I ever go on vacation.

My only problem with shipping this blog is that the directory still has the word 'beta' in it... Oh well... I guess I can't change that without causing major issues for every single one of my readers, including myself. So I won't. Just pretend it's not there, or that it stands for something else...

Feel free to use the comments on this post to say what you think.

Friday, April 16, 2004

Dropping Delphi for VS? You're nuts! 


"If you are a Delphi developer with an existing codebase, I see no reason at all to move away from Delphi to go to .Net."

Nick's blog: "I'm dumping Delphi for VS.NET"

PS: No offense meant by the title at all.

Delphi is the best tool for Win32 and .NET 


"Simply put, Delphi is the best tool for the job for the vast majority of jobs to be done out there."

Nick's blog: "Pick the tool that meets your needs"

The docs don't always suck 


"True, there aren't many examples, but the documentation is actually better than you might realize."

Nick's blog: "Lack of Documentation and Examples"

Interview with Danny coming up in SD Times 


Larry O'Brien is looking for good interview questions to ask of Danny Thorpe in an upcoming interview in SD Times.

Some of you have already submitted some good questions. Now that the rest of you are finally done with your taxes, you should have some time to submit some more... :-p

Larry O'Brien: What should I ask Danny Thorpe about Delphi?

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Borland blogs on newswhat.com 


Marco Cantù has added our blogs to his newswhat site. Pretty cool.

newswhat RSS feeds

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

How to get Borland to do what you want 


"Simple: Show us the money. We generally don't do art for art's sake."

There's a lot more to it than that quote of course in this great post by Danny

Linspire? 


No, this has nothing to do with Inpr**e. That name is dead. And shall so remain.

"With the proper marketing, it's possible to make any name stick."

Lindows -> Linspire

Where's my Chinese blog? 


Nick's blog made it to China.

Nick, could you tell someone to flatter me too? Maybe if you blog about it... Go ahead. The counter down here wants some food! ;-)

Microsoft Java VM gets 13 more quarters 


One of the results of the MSFT/SUNW $2,000,000,000 pact is that the MSJVM is supported until December 31st, 2007, instead of as planned until September 30th, 2004.

eWeek article

Together for Visual Studio - $199 - buy it now! 


I never thought I would quote anything from the Yahoo Finance board... But here goes.

"The really interesting quote is about the price point for Together."

"Having $199 as a price tag for Together is like Borland going back to its roots... it's a complete change in the Borland strategy."

Source: thejunglejaguar

Buy Together for Visual Studio right now!

Close encounters of the Bill Gates kind 


David I breaks the silence :-) and tells us what really happened when Bill Gates visited the Borland booth at VSLive! San Francisco earlier this year.

I was busy taking pictures, as you may have seen earlier in my blog, so I was too far away from the conversation to hear it. And of course I didn't stick to any of the pictures either... *sniff*

Sip from the Firehost: April 13, 2004

Tell us how you really feel! 


Thank you in advance for your assistance in making BDN a more valuable resource to all BDN members!

BDN article ratings are now live

Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Right-shoring? 


"Sending jobs offshore to countries like India seemed like a sure bet. Now, some firms are having second thoughts."

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

My comment: DUH!

Monday, April 12, 2004

Happy 5th anniversary, Dale! 


It was early afternoon on a sunny spring day in Delphi Developer Support on April 12th, 1999...

A couple of us were shooting the breeze... All of a sudden a tall guy in black joins us... We figure he's a customer wandering around on his own... Should we call security? After about 15-20 minutes he says something along the lines of "Oh, BTW, I'm your new CEO, great chatting with you guys"... We didn't believe him until the next day when it was announced.

Inpr**e Names Dale Fuller Interim President and Chief Executive Officer (courtesy of WayBackMachine.org).

Sunday, April 11, 2004

No whiners in the diamond making business 


Danny posts results and commentary on the Win32 attributes issue he brought up a little while back.

Verdict on Win32 Attributes: Not This Year

Generics in Java 


Charlie Calvert gives us a A Gentle Introduction to Generics in Java.
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