hy-soft wrote:
Hi,
I am monitoring lazarus for about five years now and find the whole
project is very impressive.
You guys did a great job - but unfortunately the IDE is NOT in some
state that could be used for a productive work (IMHO).
I've been using Lazarus on Windows seriously for about a year now and I've
become pretty damn productive with it. I don't use it on Linux a lot (yet), but
the occasions that I have used it on linux, my experience is pretty much about
the same on windows, less the nooberific state of my linux knowledge of course.
Are you talking in the context of the IDE compared to Visual Studio, Delphi
2007? I started Delphi with version 6 so Lazarus to me is very comparable. I
have recently purchased Delphi 2007 and I must say, it really is a very nice
IDE. $400.00 U.S was the upgrade price I think, but I have yet to use it for a
serious project since I've been using Lazarus.
I've been using Lazarus because I want my current projects to be cross-platform.
That is the value for me and my customers. As nice as Delphi2007 IDE *really*
is, it doesn't compile cross-platform or even to 64 bit, but Lazarus does. And
what's more, Lazarus is on par with Delphi6 (IMO) IDE which makes it the most
workable, viable and robust solution for using ObjectPascal to build apps
portable between platforms.
For me, the cross platform nature (and close compatibility to delphi) of Lazaurs
provides enough built in value (not to mention the price :)) to adapt myself to
using it with the features it offers now.
Like me, you're probably impressed with the increased level of traffic and
involvement there is in the freepascal and lazarus projects over the last couple
of years. Its enough to give me the confidence to use lazarus/freepascal for
some production, commercial products.
Welcome Back!
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Warm Regards,
Lee
"The only thing that kept me out college...was high school."
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