tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post8872249803602483928..comments2024-03-10T12:04:17.661-07:00Comments on The Oracle at Delphi: Brand New Day...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119008505905401707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-42177959618211698282008-07-02T16:43:21.000-07:002008-07-02T16:43:21.000-07:00Nice post Allen, thanks a lot.About "Another ...Nice post Allen, thanks a lot.<br><br>About "Another encouraging (or maybe scary, depending upon your perspective) point was that we are the last independent tools vendor with the breadth of offerings we have out there. This means no vendor or stack lock-in."<br><br>...do you asked yourself WHY you are the last one? :-)<br>From top of my head: Well, there is Microsoft. But aside of this, a much more interesting phenomenon is FOSS. See, there's a plethora of (F)OSS offerings in our area (references available upon request - but I think you're aware of them). OTOH, only you remained as a 'closed-source' vendor. No, I really don't think that you must open-source Delphi (or whatever developer tool you have,) but in order to survive you must adopt the advantages of OSS development model and avoid its pitfalls. Imho, mainly its about leveraging the community as a force in product shaping. Well, as a vendor you have the unique opportunity to have a 'controlled democracy'. In fact the huge success of Delphi in the past came from the close synergy between developers with excellent communication skills (Danny Thorpe comes in mind) and community. This synergy gave you all: stellar product, loyal user base, very skilled programmers (eg. TeamB) which helped you in many tasks (support, site design, QC implementation etc.). Why don't you do it again?m. Th.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-61126454003500703232008-07-01T13:17:11.000-07:002008-07-01T13:17:11.000-07:00The last paragraph is familiar because when Cisco ...The last paragraph is familiar because when Cisco merged Scientific Atlanta, many SA employees had the same cases.Lex Lihttp://lextm.cnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-66207441992301322262008-07-01T01:38:54.000-07:002008-07-01T01:38:54.000-07:00I see Embarcadero as a very good opportunity for C...I see Embarcadero as a very good opportunity for CodeGear. I expect the new company to become a leader in his market. I whish the most success to all employees.Francois Piette (OverByte)http://www.overbyte.benoreply@blogger.com