Comments on: The Many Faces of Delphi http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/ About the Delphi programming language, tools, news and community Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:09:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Carol Dent http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Carol Dent Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:51:40 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-642 I'm fascinated by the diverse range of views and opinions. Who's your "go to" guy? I’m fascinated by the diverse range of views and opinions. Who’s your “go to” guy?

]]> By: Roland http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Roland Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:33:16 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-263 My blog change-log: Changed title "Delphi blogs containing Delphi experiences and Delphi resources" into "Delphi programming blogs containing Delphi experiences and Delphi resources" My blog change-log:
Changed title “Delphi blogs containing Delphi experiences and Delphi resources” into “Delphi programming blogs containing Delphi experiences and Delphi resources”

]]> By: Paweł Głowacki http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Paweł Głowacki Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:10:22 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-262 My blog change-log: 1) Changed description to "Delphi Programming" 2) Added "Delphi Programming" category 3) Started to use "Delphi Programming" in posts as much as possible My blog change-log:
1) Changed description to “Delphi Programming”
2) Added “Delphi Programming” category
3) Started to use “Delphi Programming” in posts as much as possible

]]> By: Alan Fletcher http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Alan Fletcher Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:24:08 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-261 Not to be a party pooper or anything. But the real proof is not on a silly index. The real proof is in the marketability of your Delphi skills and how easily one can find and retain Delphi related positions and/or assignments. It is no secret that I have been looking for my next Delphi position and it has been very frustrating to try to get into a shop that does Delphi. I think we need to focus our energies on something else. We need to become more pragmatic and wear our "revolutionary community builders who don't know when they should just give up" hats in a more "evangelically effective" way. The real challenge is to convince companies that Delphi is a capable tool supported by a serious Company and should be seriously considered for projects where it fits. I can speak from a position where a company (that shall remain nameless) that has mismanaged the technology selection phase (by going after a Microsoft only tools/technologies) by not properly considering all available options and are paying the price for that shortsightedness. Delphi was dismissed as a before the beginning. And I can tell you there were large portions of the projects that would have benefited from having Delphi as the IDE of choice. Cheer, Alan In a life without walls, who needs Windows? Not to be a party pooper or anything. But the real proof is not on a silly index. The real proof is in the marketability of your Delphi skills and how easily one can find and retain Delphi related positions and/or assignments. It is no secret that I have been looking for my next Delphi position and it has been very frustrating to try to get into a shop that does Delphi.
I think we need to focus our energies on something else. We need to become more pragmatic and wear our “revolutionary community builders who don’t
know when they should just give up” hats in a more “evangelically effective” way.
The real challenge is to convince companies that Delphi is a capable tool supported by a serious Company and should be seriously considered for projects where it fits.
I can speak from a position where a company (that shall remain nameless) that has mismanaged the technology selection phase (by going after a Microsoft only tools/technologies) by not properly considering all available options and are paying the price for that shortsightedness. Delphi was dismissed as a before the beginning. And I can tell you there were large portions of the projects that would have benefited from having Delphi as the IDE of choice.

Cheer,

Alan
In a life without walls, who needs Windows?

]]> By: Jim McKeeth http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Jim McKeeth Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:48:29 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-257 @Leonardo I've emailed TIOBE to add “Lazarus programming”! Thanks! @RIF I updated the post with the Alexa information. @Leonardo
I’ve emailed TIOBE to add “Lazarus programming”! Thanks!

@RIF
I updated the post with the Alexa information.

]]> By: rick http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-256 rick Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:09:07 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-256 Kudos to Jim for pointing this out to the community. It's only far to ourselves to have delphi correctly represented! @Lachlan as a programmer , is it not in your nature to correct something when you know it is incorrect? TIOBE is simply another indicator that can be referenced when a new/potential client is uneasy about delphi programming as a valid solution. Kudos to Jim for pointing this out to the community.

It’s only far to ourselves to have delphi correctly represented!

@Lachlan as a programmer , is it not in your nature to correct something when you know it is incorrect? TIOBE is simply another indicator that can be referenced when a new/potential client is uneasy about delphi programming as a valid solution.

]]> By: Leonardo M. Ramé http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Leonardo M. Ramé Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:17:12 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-255 Hi Jim, you should add "Lazarus programming" = 189 hits! Leonardo. Hi Jim, you should add “Lazarus programming” = 189 hits!

Leonardo.

]]> By: RIF http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-254 RIF Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:19:29 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-254 @Lachlan Tiobe is unfortunately referenced quite often, the site has an Alexa rating of ca. 100k. For that reason it is pity if Delphi is counted less than its market position deserve. @Lachlan
Tiobe is unfortunately referenced quite often, the site has an Alexa rating of ca. 100k. For that reason it is pity if Delphi is counted less than its market position deserve.

]]> By: Bob Swart http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Bob Swart Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:40:08 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-253 Note that it will take some time (weeks?) until Google updates their index to reflect the new Delphi Programming items added to your site(s), and then it may take some time before TIOBE picks it up, so don’t give up if the effect isn’t seen overnight. And although I was second runner-up with Dr.Bob’s Delphi Programming Clinic, I’ll keep adding Delphi Programming to my other sites as well from now on ;-) Note that it will take some time (weeks?) until Google updates their index to reflect the new Delphi Programming items added to your site(s), and then it may take some time before TIOBE picks it up, so don’t give up if the effect isn’t seen overnight.
And although I was second runner-up with Dr.Bob’s Delphi Programming Clinic, I’ll keep adding Delphi Programming to my other sites as well from now on ;-)

]]> By: Jim McKeeth http://www.delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Jim McKeeth Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:12:47 +0000 http://www.delphi.org/?p=307#comment-251 Is the TPCI relevant? There are 12,900 hits in Google where people have refernced them. Is the TPCI relevant? There are 12,900 hits in Google where people have refernced them.

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