Hello Jud!
Thursday July 10 1997 11:22, Jud McCranie wrote to Jeroen Pluimers:
 JP>> As long as you want to stay WIntel, then you know there will be a
 JP>> Pascal based Delphi around as there are enough people that want to use
 JP>> this to develop with.
 > That brings up an important point.  Historically, platforms come
 > and go.  What is going to happen when Windows is no longer
 > dominant?  Will it be easy to port to the next platform, or will
 > it result in a lot of useless code?  Will we just have to wait
 > and see?
Right now, I'm waiting and see. I have not yet delved into Java (but JBuilder 
is supposed to be similar enough to the Delphi environment that it should not 
cause too many headaches).
My point is that the WIntel platform has built up such a momentum that it 
will be tough to replace. The strength of NC's is that they will be very well 
suited to the mass markets. As long as I don't jump deeply into that 
particular market (which is based on large sales, but low margins), I think 
I'll be fine.
Predicting the future is difficult, however Borland has shown on the Borland 
Conference in Nashville that it is relatively easy to create client/server 
environments with Java as front-end and Delphi as back-end, so I think 
staying with Delphi is fine at least for the forseeable future.
Jeroen - jp@dragons.nest.nl - [100013,1443]
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