BV> Don't worry though. I ordered mine today and I also ordered one
 BV> upgrade for Frank. If he doesn't want the upgrade I have on
 BV> order for him, I can let you have it. Availability should be
 BV> next Wednesday. 'Corse if Frank does want his upgrade, there
 BV> could be a problem ir two

 BL> How much? Frank sounds like he is in love.

 BV> Don't give up hope. He hasn't replied yet :)

  Hope? I haven't seen Delphi yet, it's v1.0, and you won't tell me
how much. Is this your best sales pitch, or do you come around and
kick my dog? It was bad enough when you tried to rip my flower garden 
out. This morning, it loked like a bear had been through there. Maybe
two bears...

  I'm not sure how Delphi fits into my wider scheme of things. There
is no *one* language that does what I want; I need two, and probably
ASM as well. As it stands, C is the mainstream programming language
and VB is close to being mainstream. DOS isn't dead yet either. 
Pascal is an orphan, and Delphi will join it unless it is very good.
Delphi may be a do-all language and bring Pascal into the mainstream,
or it may drop dead.

  If Delphi is a step between C and Basic using Pascal and the ease of 
VB, and able to do Windows and DOS too, with a fast run-time assembler, 
then I am very interested. Otherwise, I start worrying about v1.0 and
Borland going broke.

  Did you read that invitation? Pascal is not mentioned, and they say:

  "Borland Australia will continue to provide technical support and
customer service in partnership with RR Donnely and a *yet to be
announced* support company..."

  To me, this reads, "up your arse and farewell Australia... you are
now on your own." 

  They then list the products: C++, Delphi, dbase and Paradox... no
Pascal. It is also significant that they list Delphi second, above the
two databases. They hope Delphi will save them. Wanna bet?

  It also says that they were at the PC95 show... "Delphi will be
domonstrated on the Essentially Sopftware stand..."

  Bloody hell! They are releasing a program that is going to save
them, a fourth of their total inventory, and they can't even afford a
stand at PC95. I'm suprised they didn't use Hardly Normal. Maybe he
didn't want them. It made such a great impact that I didn't even see
it, and that was the only reason I went... to see Delphi!

Regards,
Bob
 
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