I have BCB4 any good reason to upgrade

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3 total messages Started by DeKayA Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:03

#668

Author: DeKayA
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:03

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Apparently BCB is a dead end.
I still have and enjoy BCB4;  With no Service packs applied.

Since I can pretty much count on BCBs death,  but still would like to
use it.

 Should I just keep BCB4 or does one of the later versions provide a
compelling reason to get?

Doesn't make much sense to invest in something that is not going to be
of any use later.  But I do enjoy the product, so I would like to keep
the best of the versions.



Thanks
DeKayA

Re: I have BCB4 any good reason to upgrade

#669

Author: Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:33

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DeKayA@bellsouth.net wrote:
> 
> Apparently BCB is a dead end.

No it's not.

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Jeff Overcash (TeamB) 
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Re: I have BCB4 any good reason to upgrade

#671

Author: Alisdair Meredith [TeamB]
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:28

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DeKayA@bellsouth.net wrote:

> Apparently BCB is a dead end.

Please take a look at:
http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32845,00.html

It has been a long time coming, but Borland have confirmed they are
still working on a future BCB <g>

>  Should I just keep BCB4 or does one of the later versions provide a
> compelling reason to get?

That depends on what you are doing with the product.
For instance, I could not work with BCB4's level of support for the ISO
C++ Standard, and our programs are now so large we rely on patches only
available for the BCB6 linker.

Generally you are looking at an incremental upgrade (in terms of
features) rather than a big leap, but from BCB4 I would say it could be
worth it.
I hear a lot of NG customers that are still working with BCB5, and that
upgrade is less clear.  I believe it is still worth it, but not as
pressing.  We upgraded from 5->6 around 9 months after the release, and
it was another 5 or 6 months before we were convinced we had value from
it, but yes we believe it has proved its worth for us.

AlisdairM(TeamB)

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