i have no idea why delphi still seems so popular in the middle east, a large number of mobile phone tools are still coded in delphi but ive never really understood why
Before everything came with an UI builder, there was only Visual Basic (before dot niet) and Delphi for building UIs quickly. But with VB you needed to switch to C++ for low level functionality, while with Delphi you could just do it in the same project. Including inline assembly.
Those days are gone, but the legacy still remains.
For this deal though, I guess Embarcadero is desperately looking for something that looks like a sale. All the cool kids in the west have switched to shit web UIs and they're probably left only with a few legacy customers.
Edit: Yes, the deal is most likely bribery. Doesn't make Embarcadero less desperate. Their fault for going enterprise and pricing Delphi out of a hobbyist's reach.
Edit 2: Sheesh, cheapest Delphi license is 1699 eur... back before Borland (sorry, Inprise) got sold i think it started at 300...
Edit 3: It's still much cheaper than Qt at 5500/year. This is how great platforms die.
> Sheesh, cheapest Delphi license is 1699 eur... back before Borland (sorry, Inprise) got sold i think it started at 300...
The cheapest version actually started at $99 and that was up to Delphi 5 IIRC. Later versions bumped the price to $199 (and i think there was a $99 for non-commercial use) and then quickly ascended to thousands.
I think it was after Delphi 5 that they also renamed themselves to Inprise.
Those days are gone, but the legacy still remains.
For this deal though, I guess Embarcadero is desperately looking for something that looks like a sale. All the cool kids in the west have switched to shit web UIs and they're probably left only with a few legacy customers.
Edit: Yes, the deal is most likely bribery. Doesn't make Embarcadero less desperate. Their fault for going enterprise and pricing Delphi out of a hobbyist's reach.
Edit 2: Sheesh, cheapest Delphi license is 1699 eur... back before Borland (sorry, Inprise) got sold i think it started at 300...
Edit 3: It's still much cheaper than Qt at 5500/year. This is how great platforms die.