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Re: Will Delphi 2.0 go SUPERNOVA in 1996?

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From: David S. Becker
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 18:32
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In article <4f80fu$k86@thales.nmia.com>, csi@citysoft.com (Tim Shea) wrote:
>vincer@iaccess.za (Vince Risi) wrote:
>
>>As Delphi 1.0 was hot in 1995, will Delphi 2.0 blow the top off 1996?
>
>Too many client are using 16 bit windows.  I'm not going to move to
>2.0 until there is a lot more 95 out there in government & corporate
>situations, or a client requests it for some reason.

While government & corporate do seem to be brushing off Win95 right now, let 
us not forget that Delphi 2.0 writes for NT just as handily as 95.  (In 
fact, if you don't use any of the NT specific APIs, the same EXE will work 
on both.)  NT, on the other hand is selling like hot-cakes in those markets...

>Also I expect the competition to emerge in mid-96 (compiled VB?) which
>should steal some of the limelight.

Perhaps, but by the time that happens, Delphi will have such a head start that 
any competition will have a hard time catching up.



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Subject: Re: Will Delphi 2.0 go SUPERNOVA in 1996?
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 18:32:15 GMT
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