Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox?

#31

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

#32

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

#33

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

#34

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

#35

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

#36

RickM wrote:

Quote:

[...]
Now that Embarcadero has purchased Codegear, what does this mean for the
future of BDE/Paradox? Embarcadero makes database tools... do they have
their own replacement for DbExpress/BDE planned? Will they sell BDE to
Corel?
Does Corel even want it? Will they open the doors to Corel to work with
and improve BDE?

In many ways, I think that what happened with Paradox is typical of what
happened to both Borland and Corel: they really forgot "what t'heck they
were doing." It no longer was possible to say, in a short sentence, just
what they "did."

Maybe Embarcadero will change that; maybe it'll just be another holding-pen
for (foolishly) cast-off digital assets.

At the end of the day, though, millions of code-writers need good, efficient
tools to do their jobs. Not "to talk about how good it's going to be," but
to actually do it. There is always going to be a market for great tools,
and it seems odd that a company that literally founded itself on Turbo
Pascal, forgot that rune so quickly.

----
ChimneySweep(R): Fast(!) table repair at a click of the mouse!
http://www.sundialservices.com

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Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM

Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM

Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM

Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM

Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM

Re: Embarcadero - what does this meanfor the futur of Paradox? - 05-26-2008 , 10:30 AM