Luigi Sandon wrote:
> > If we had an annuity, like an OS or mainstream productivity > > applications, that would consistently support our dev-tool efforts > > we would not have to be as nearly "self-supporting." > > If SA turned into a real maintenace program and support cycles get > longer than six months, backporting important fixes to older releases > that often need to be still in use, we would be happy to buy it and > give you an "annuity". For example we pay for the Oracle OPN, but at > least for all its duration we see real advantages that we didn't see > when we bough SA. They don't support actively the latest release only. > > Today SA is just a bet, and can hurt "early upgraders" because in the > end all you get is the newer release, and if you get SA too early the > next release can be rolled out when SA is expired and needs renewing > - and at that point "cherry-picking" upgrades may become more > economical. > > Also promoting other Embarcadero applications like Interbase would be > smart - right now not allowing the Pro sku to connect to remote IB > servers just help cutting IB sales telling developers that is better > to go to SQL Server and ADO, or use alternative libraries and use > MySQL or Postgres.
Those are all excellent suggestions. I would recommend you contact Michael Rozlog, the RAD Studio Product Manager, and voice your suggestions. He needs to hear from as many of you as possible. If he can come up with a plan and a business case that can clearly show a NET positive gain, his life is much easier.
-- Allen Bauer Embarcadero Chief Scientist http://blogs.embarcadero.com/abauer