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Re: How to destroy Microsoft with Delphi ???

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From: J French
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:46
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:33:17 -0500, "MikeB"
<m.byerleyATVerizonDottieNettie> wrote:

>
>> On the contrary - the code it produces should be small, tight,
>> and very fast. What we need is a VB version of Delphi that will
>> attract a few million VB coders into the Delphi camp.

>I am pretty sure that there are a quite a few "closet" Delphi users in the VB 
>camp already.

Anything but 'closet' Delphi users !

>VB to Delphi is a pretty easy move for an experienced VBer and the Anti MS 
>sentiment over VB Dot Net lends to the ABMS choice.

The joke is that difficult things in VB are dead easy in Delphi
- Delphi is a little daunting for VB users who are not experienced
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From: erewhon@nowhere.uk (J French)
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Subject: Re: How to destroy Microsoft with Delphi ???
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