Comments on: At the Software Developers Conference in the Netherlands http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621 David Intersimone (David I) CodeGear blog about programming, languages, history, and more. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: Chris Woodruff http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-59 Chris Woodruff Mon, 30 May 2005 20:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-59 Thanks David for the great news. Excited to see this new technology and how it will fit into the Delphi IDE at some point in the future. Thanks David for the great news. Excited to see this new technology and how it will fit into the Delphi IDE at some point in the future.

]]> By: Chee Wee Chua http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-60 Chee Wee Chua Mon, 30 May 2005 16:20:07 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-60 In addition, I believe that anything compiled for a particular Symbian platform must be recompiled for another Symbian platform. In addition, I believe that anything compiled for a particular Symbian platform must be recompiled for another Symbian platform.

]]> By: Ryan McGinty http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-669 Ryan McGinty Mon, 30 May 2005 13:40:44 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-669 Symbian support is really a lot of extra work for Borland. The compact framework is somewhat built upon the regular .NET framework which they have already invested in. Adding support for palm, symbian, and any other operating system would be a basic compiler rewrite and, unless this is REALLY strong demand, I don't think it would be worth it for them. Working with Symbian is best with C++ since they don't really have a framework of visual controls and it has a completely different API from anything that is on the desktop right now. Symbian support is really a lot of extra work for Borland. The compact framework is somewhat built upon the regular .NET framework which they have already invested in. Adding support for palm, symbian, and any other operating system would be a basic compiler rewrite and, unless this is REALLY strong demand, I don’t think it would be worth it for them. Working with Symbian is best with C++ since they don’t really have a framework of visual controls and it has a completely different API from anything that is on the desktop right now.

]]> By: Peter Maude http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-58 Peter Maude Mon, 30 May 2005 13:29:02 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-58 Hi David, <br> <br>This is all great stuff, and I have raised this before.... <br> <br>But what about Symbian? <br> <br>Symbian is far and away the leader in the smart phone market. <br> <br>I thought Borlands USP over Microsoft was to be platform agnostic, right now you are ignoring the clear mobile leader and backing Microsoft to take the market. ( I know there is a c++ version that targets symbian) but how about Delphi? <br> <br>It would be great to have a Delphi solution that will allow us to use to be platform agnostic. <br> <br>Q.) Will strong mobile brands e.g. Nokia give control of the platform to Microsoft? <br> <br> Hi David,

This is all great stuff, and I have raised this before….

But what about Symbian?

Symbian is far and away the leader in the smart phone market.

I thought Borlands USP over Microsoft was to be platform agnostic, right now you are ignoring the clear mobile leader and backing Microsoft to take the market. ( I know there is a c++ version that targets symbian) but how about Delphi?

It would be great to have a Delphi solution that will allow us to use to be platform agnostic.

Q.) Will strong mobile brands e.g. Nokia give control of the platform to Microsoft?

]]> By: Bob Swart http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-668 Bob Swart Mon, 30 May 2005 11:13:03 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-668 Hi David, <br> <br>The Compact Framework Technology Preview command-line compiler looks really good. I can't wait to get my hands on it and try it out myself! Delphi Rocks! <br> <br>Groetjes, Bob Swart Hi David,

The Compact Framework Technology Preview command-line compiler looks really good. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and try it out myself! Delphi Rocks!

Groetjes, Bob Swart

]]> By: Ryan VanIderstine http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-41 Ryan VanIderstine Mon, 30 May 2005 09:01:05 +0000 http://blogs.codegear.com/davidi/2005/05/30/4621#comment-41 Great stuff, it will be nice to get our hands on the preview :) Great stuff, it will be nice to get our hands on the preview :)

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