Hi (comment below)
On Saturday 24 February 2001 12:25, Haim Gelfenbeyn wrote:
> Actually, from what I read Borland plan to release a "free" version of
> Kylix during the next few months... Also, I don't care that their IDE
> requires wine. What is important is that the applications compiled are
> native to Linux and DO NOT require wine. As for the price, then I'll tell
> you this: I program for a living on Windows, and my decision to move from
> VC to Delphi was the best one I did in the late years. The speed of
> development with Delphi paid for the product itself many many times. I
> think Delphi is the only true RAD tool... Nothing else I've seen comes
> close to it. So for me the choise is simple: Either develop on Linux with
> Kylix, or not develop on Linux at all. While I (probably) can afford making
> my application
> multi-platform (Win32 + Linux), I surely cannot afford moving to Linux
> entirely.
>
> I think the hype is directed not to open-source programmers, but to Windows
> programmers (like me), who would like to develop for Linux too. I didn't
> have time to play with it yet, but I plan to. I'll take one of my smaller
> not too Win32-specific programs, and see how easy it can be ported to
> Linux. If I'm satisfied, I'm going to shell out those $1000...
>
> Haim.
>
If I may argue please..
I do not know if you tried other programming Linux with C++ for example, but
Linux is actually catching up in terms of RAD tools. Sure, Its very hard to
compare KDevelop to Visual Studio, but there are other commercial Linux RAD
tools for C++ such as Omnis Studio for Linux, as well as KDE Studio
(regarding KDE Studio and KDevelop - they are not just for writing KDE
Applications, but any other applications - regardless of their project name,
whether it's a text application or GNOME applications). For those who like
Visual Basic - I might suggest KBasic (don't start with flames please, I hate
visual basic just like many people here do)..
So before you're going to throw 5,000+ shekels, I suggest you check the
alternatives..
Hetz
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