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Re: Will Delphi 2.0 go SUPERNOVA in 1996?

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From: Jens Balchen Jr.
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 21:43
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mobergru@oslonett.no (Rune Moberg) decided to share with us the
infinite reservoirs of wisdom:

>But you object to anything Delphi related?

no, I don't. In fact, I have Delphi myself (but you knew that). I
object to Delphi commercials (or postings suggesting Delphi is
superior, VB is inferior, VB sucks and so on) because THEY DON'T
BELONG HERE. there's something called Netiquette. it should be
bundled with Delphi.

>You once complained (in email) to me when I suggested Delphi to someone
>who considered VC++ instead of VB. I thought that my posting was a valid
>advice, but you (at the time) took it as a commercial. Well, if we
>Delphians are so eager to do Borland's job (the marketing bit), then it
>truly must be a fabolous product, don't you agree? :-)

if the product doesn't speek for itself: no it isn't.

Jens (balchen@sn.no)
--
Newbiehood is not a period of time, it's a way of life.

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From: balchen@sn.no (Jens Balchen Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Will Delphi 2.0 go SUPERNOVA in 1996?
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 21:43:34 GMT
Organization: Innocent Software
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