Hi Everyone,
As this is my first post to this newsgroup, I thought it would best to introduce myself and give some background. Since Feb 2009, I've had the great privilege of leading Embarcadero's worldwide R&D organization with development sites in Scotts Valley, Monterey, Toronto, Romania and Russia. All engineering: Dev, QA, Doc, Integration and supporting personnel report into my organization and we are responsible for building all of Embarcadero___s Application and Database tools. I report to Wayne Williams our
CEO and work closely with Michael Swindell head of Marketing and Product Management, James Pitts our CTO and David Intersimone who you all know.
Since my first day on the job I've communicated to our engineering staff how important you, our customers, are to our long term success. We also realize the livelihood of many of our customers is closely linked to our products and their success. Ultimately, we're all tied together as we move forward in advancing the art of software development and building great tools.
These forums are very close touch-points for us to hear what our customers are saying and we greatly appreciate the time you spend here describing your experiences, asking questions and of course, helping each other. We are strong proponents of social media as a way to tap into the collective wisdom of our customers and you can expect to see us accelerate our participation in these forums and other media in the future. Thanks to all the TeamB folks and other customers who spend countless hours here prov

Hello Tony,
  Very nice to meet you here!
  Thanks for the excellent self introduction post!
  I'm an ol'timer in the business and with Borland,... etc., Embarcadero.
  Beginning with the original CP/M Turbo Pascal 1.0. Back in the days

In article <✉forums.embarcadero.com>,
    Quentin Correll <✉pacNObell.net> wrote:
    (snip)

I'm personally impressed that he put his skype, office, and cell
    contact info in his sig. That shows real dedication to the customers
    here.

Hi Quentin,
    Thanks for the welcome! Indeed we have great people working here and
    I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to join up with Embarcadero and
    associate myself with them on a daily basis.
    I'll be monitoring and chiming in when it makes sense. I'll also pose a

David,
  | I'm personally impressed that he put his skype, office, and cell
  | contact info in his sig. That shows real dedication to the customers
  | here.
  Ditto!

Hi Tony,
  How are you going to use Delphi to make your products to live on every
  development and database administrator's desktop throughout the world?
  are you going to add middleware data access library to Delphi?
  Gil

On 7/28/2010 3:44 PM, Gilbert Padilla wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Gilbert,
    We are using Delphi in some of our, as yet unannounced products, but in
    my post I was saying we'd like to see our products on *every*
    development or database admin's computer. We do have some great data

Make sense Tony,
  I was thinking you were about to reveal some good news about Delphi.
  
  
  

Thank you for stopping by and providing an excellent introduction. I
  certainly appreciate your presence and hope to see you here as often as
  your time permits.
  I have used Borland...Embarcadero products since Turbo Pascal 3.0 days.
  I don't do a lot of posting but I do glean a lot of information from

Nice to hear, Tony. Welcome and thanks for taking the time to introduce
  yourself.
  Like many others here, I've used Borland/Codegear and now Embarcadero
  products for decades and hope to keep doing so for a long time. It's nice
  to see that folks on your level really are paying attention.

On 7/28/2010 7:48 PM, Lester Ray Porter wrote:
    (snip)
Hi Ray, Thanks for the good words. I just realized I've been using
    Borland/Codegear tools for 2 decades as well! I first came to Borland
    in 1990 with the Ashton-Tate acquisition, my how time flies. I still
    remember converting 16bit ASM screen i/o routines in dBASE to 32bit,

On 7/28/2010 6:21 PM, Thomas Hahn wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Tom,
    For sure I think we mostly see the tip of the iceberg when think about
    who reads the posts here. There's a lot of people like yourself who do
    more reading than posting. Glad the forums help you better understand

Welcome.
  I look forward to hearing (much) more about what's coming up.
  --
  Regards
  Bruce McGee

On 7/29/2010 5:37 AM, Bruce McGee wrote:
    (snip)
Hi Bruce,
    Tell me more about your business, what type of software do you produce?
    - Tony
    

on 7/28/2010, Tony de la Lama supposed :
  (snip)
Welcome.
  (snip)
Wow. Now there is a specific, pratical, lofty goal.
  And one that really takes some audacity.
  I really like it.

On 7/29/2010 7:57 AM, Brad White wrote:
    (snip)

For sure, we offer great value today but we want to push the envelope on
    what is possible in the future. We're not all sitting around happy with
    the status quo I can tell you that. we want to feel we're growing,
    providing ever more value and excitement to our current customer at the

(snip)

Welcome, Tony! I only hope you can keep that positive, cheerful attitude after hearing from some of our more grumpy and less tactful contributors. ;)
  --
  Rick Carter
  Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
  

On 7/29/2010 9:00 AM, Rick Carter wrote:
    (snip)

Ha! Yes, these forums can be tough sometimes, but vigorous debate makes
    for better products. In the end we all need to align ourselves and work
    like crazy together to make great things happen.
    Btw, I helped rewrite some of the spreadsheet import/export routines

On 7/29/2010 9:00 AM, Rick Carter wrote:
    (snip)

Hey! I resemble that remark!!!
    David Erbas-White
    
    

(snip)

Sure. I'll reply in e-mail.
  --
  Regards
  Bruce McGee
  Glooscap Software

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:47:58 +0100, David Erbas-White
  <✉arachneering.com> wrote:
  (snip)

Hey! I was going to use those exact same words!
  Seriously, Tony - and non-grumpily - welcome!
  From recent comments it seems like almost everybody in EMBT must be

on 7/29/2010, Tony de la Lama supposed :
  (snip)

That sounds great.
  I'd love to have you do an interview with Jim McKeeth
  of Podcast at Delphi.org fame.
  Thanks,

(snip)

Dare I ask whether we get a +real+ roadmap this time? You know, the kind with expository text, like John Kaster and Nick Hodges used to write? Just simple bullet points on a Power Point slide seem too ambiguous, and leave too many questions unanswered.
  --
  Rick Carter
  Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
  

Hi Tony,
  Thanks for comming out in public with a positive post.
  I have a question that's been unaswered for several years now, so I hope you
  can shed some light.
  What is going to happen with Bold for Delphi, the product acquired with the

Tony de la Lama wrote:
  Hi Tony,
  (snip)

Would you consider that instead of beeing more agresive it might be
  really good for you guys to become *totaly* focused on the one area
  many customers are waiting to see a sign of progress for many years?

(snip)

Actually, up until that last line, I was expecting you to say "documentation."
    I, too, am growing tired waiting for more progress in both those areas.
    The answer we've been getting from David I and others is that there are dedicated teams focused on each of those projects.
    And you probably know what happens when you add more staff to an already late project....
    So, I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's probably not diverting resources from all other projects.

Rick Carter wrote:
  (snip)

I think they had/have quite a lot work to do to create/adapt the Mac
  and Linux copilers for the next Delphi release. Now the question is
  whether those teams are completely separate from the Windows 64 bit
  compiler team or maybe some key expert people are dividing their time

Hoi Rick
  (snip)

That is not applicable yet, because Delphi 64-bit is not 3-4 month
  away, it is still further away than that.
  The recent roadmap stated a preview/beta version in first half of 2011.
  This would be in time for a Delphi 2012 release in 2011Q3. We are 14

On 7/29/2010 10:25 PM, Richard Foersom wrote:
    (snip)

There's no way we can wait that long. We're on the ragged edge as it
    is. We have a 64-bit driver library that needs to be accessed -- until
    we can do that we can't run our program on a 64-bit platform without
    major modifications.

On 7/29/2010 11:30 PM, David Erbas-White wrote:
  (snip)

And to clarify - the two choices boil down to:
  1. Convert to .NET, and stop using Delphi/C++ Builder
  2. Wait for Delphi/C++ Builder 64-bit, and in the interim do a whole
  mess of work to allow the system to operate as a kludge on 64-bit

Brad White wrote:
    (snip)

Good idea.
    --
    Craig Stuntz __ Vertex Systems Corp. __ Columbus, OH
    Delphi/InterBase Weblog : http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/

On 7/29/2010 3:38 PM, Brad White wrote:
    (snip)


Sounds great! Would love to talk about Delphi/C++ and the all the great
    people behind it. Probably better after Delphi Live as we'll have moved
    much farther on our 2011 planning.
    - Tony

On 7/29/2010 9:11 PM, Zenon Jordan wrote:
    (snip)
The Commodore 64 message has been heard loud and clear and it's a no
    brainer as far as I'm concerned. I know it's been on the roadmap for a
    few years now but expect to hear much more clarity on this around the
    Delphi Live timeframe.

On 7/29/2010 11:33 AM, Paul Scott wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Paul,
    Thanks for the note and package! Feel free to expand a bit on what a
    "little more emphasis on the last part" looks like to you.
    Thanks,

On 7/29/2010 5:11 PM, Rick Carter wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Rick,
    We'll put as much detail as we can in the Roadmap. Sometimes the items
    listed represent direction or high-levl features and the details aren't
    known until much later. If there's not enough detail there, feel free

David Erbas-White wrote:
    (snip)
Can't you adopt FPC 64Bit for this?
    I don't have any details about your software and how it works but just
    my idea! Can't you develop a 64Bit DLL using FPC what will work as
    in-between between your application and the 64Bit drivers. Of course you

On 7/30/2010 10:01 PM, Yogi Yang wrote:
  (snip)

Your idea may have merit, I'll have to think about it. I'm just not
  sure I should be 'froking' at any level, let alone heavily...
  David Erbas-White
  

Yogi Yang wrote:
  (snip)

Can't be done :D If you write a 64 bit DLL in FPC it still can't be
  used with Delphi. You would need a 64 bit exe to communicate with the
  driver.
  

Tony,
  | If there's not enough detail there, feel free
  | to ask questions, we'll answer.
  That comment, in and of itself, is refreshing.
  --

(snip)


Doesn't sound like something you should be doing on a public forum, in any case. ;)
    --
    Rick Carter
    Chair, Delphi/Paradox SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group
    

Lajos Juhasz pretended :
    (snip)

Sure it can. Just not in-process.
    Don't get stuck in a box.
    Brad.
    --

Am 02.08.2010 15:45, schrieb Brad White:
  (snip)

Yep, just make it a COM server...
  At least afaik that should work.
  Greetings
  Markus

On 7/29/2010 5:12 PM, daniel mauric wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Daniel,
    I'm sorry not to have an answer for you but there is some work behind
    these scenes on this that we hope to announce in the future. Sorry to
    not be specific, but as of yet, there's nothing to report.

Hi Tony,
  Thanks for the response, while not ideal, any response is better than none
  at this point. Is there anyone specific I could contact regarding this issue
  ?
  Regards,

On 8/3/2010 9:48 AM, daniel mauric wrote:
    (snip)
Hi Daniel,
    Sorry I couldn't provide more information, but I got as much information
    on the subject as I could get, but there's nothing new to report yet.
    Can you describe what you're doing or have done with the technology and

Tony de la Lama pretended :
  (snip)

Now there is an intelligent question.
  Tony: I'm not sure you 'get' non-tech.
  This kind of thing isn't done here.
  Brad.

On 8/3/2010 4:40 PM, Brad White wrote:
    (snip)
Hi Brad,
    Am I violating the guidelines? Just wanted to understand his situation
    better - who's using or cares about Bold and why.
    - Tony

Tony de la Lama wrote:
  (snip)


LOL! Only one of the unwritten ones: Do not ask intelligent questions.
  IOW, Brad was not being serious.
  --
  Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) http://www.teamb.com

(snip)

He was being facetious, this forum is quite often known for it's FUD spreading instead of intelligent and informed debate.
  
  
  
  

Hi Tony,
  Where do I begin ? I suppose in 2002. BoldSoft was a small but growing
  company with a clear vision and a cutting edge product that was already very
  mature (in development since 1996).
  It was/is a UML compilant MDA framework with a wide range of unique

Excelent post, Daniel,
    If I may add, without ever seeing one line of Bold source, I believe
    that the fact Delphi Win32 now has reflection makes it possible for an
    eventual further development of Bold to be much more powerful and fast.
    Since Embarcadero now has the new DataSnap and reflection, and, as we

Richard Foersom wrote:
    (snip)

We understand completely.
    (snip)

We are watching.
    --
    David Intersimone "David I"

Yogi Yang wrote:
  (snip)
FPC for some of your low level and business logic is one "in the
  meantime" choice. In some ways it depends on what you are trying to
  do. Drivers are one thing. if memory size is another - some customers
  have used memory caching, some have compressed strings in memory, some

daniel mauric wrote:
    (snip)

Business and legal discussions are ongoing between Embarcadero and
    Capable Objects regarding the future of Bold. Michael Rozlog is the
    point person here.
    --

David,
  | Michael Rozlog is the point person here.
  I saw you and Michael on the XE pre-announcement video... like me,
  neither of you have a point anyplace on you. ;-)
  --

(snip)

But will it be within your lifetime, David?
    --
    Rick Carter
    
    

Quentin Correll wrote:
    (snip)
Ouch!!! :-)
    --
    Andy Syms
    Technosoft Systems Ltd

Andy,
  | | neither of you have a point anyplace on you. ;-)
  |
  | Ouch!!! :-)
  Seems to come with age. ;-)

On 8/5/2010 7:41 AM, daniel mauric wrote:
    (snip)

Hi Daniel,
    Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, thanks for your view on the
    history, very comprehensive and very much appreciated. As you may have
    seen in another post, DavidI responded that we are talking to the

Rick Carter wrote:
  (snip)
I am 59 years young. Looking at life expectencies for programmers, I
  should have a few more good years in me. So, yes - I do believe that
  we'll have 64-bit, 128-bit and cross platform in my lifetime.
  --

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:04:08 -0700, David Intersimone
    <✉embarcadero.com> wrote:
    (snip)

Maybe on your 64 birthday :-)
    --
    Groetjes, Erwin van den Bosch

(snip)

So you will retire when all this is over ? :)
    Would be one hell of trip to say when you do retire I brought all this
    to Delphi
    
    

Kristof Degros wrote:
  (snip)

The R&D team brings all this to you.
  --
  David Intersimone "David I"
  Vice President of Developer Relations and Chief Evangelist