Well, Conrad, Looks like I WON'T BE LEARNING KYLIX!

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Post #68,419 by mmoffitt 12/12/02 3:30:05 PM Reply	Well, Conrad, Looks like I WON'T BE LEARNING KYLIX!
Post #68,422 by CRConrad 12/12/02 3:35:29 PM Reply	Hey, it's FAAAR from a "done deal!", yet... So go ahead!
Post #68,430 by mmoffitt 12/12/02 3:59:54 PM Reply	Yabut how long do you think Kylix will last if the deal goes through? Five nanoseconds or six?
Post #68,446 by CRConrad 12/12/02 4:28:36 PM Reply	So? Either FP/Lazarus is done by then, or... ...if FreePascal and some "clone-variant" of the VCL class library aren't quite ready yet, just go on using your existing copy of Kylix a while longer. I don't think they'll be legally able to revoke your license, yaknow... And if FP/Lazarus (or FP/FreeCLX or FP/Jedi-VCL or whatever) doesn't materialize in five years (or whatever; say two or three years after the last release), and you really are forced to abandon Kylix for good... Then you've had five years (or whatever) of glorious use of Kylix, so you've still got a heck of a great deal. Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #68,460 by mmoffitt 12/12/02 5:14:25 PM Reply	There's no zealot like an old zealot :-)
Post #68,468 by CRConrad 12/12/02 5:47:32 PM Reply	Zealot? Hey, I thought he was just an old Galilean beggar...
Post #68,442 by Meerkat 12/12/02 4:21:17 PM Reply	Maybe this is M$'s intent. Just by this wild speculation, maybe all those developers who were considering sampling the Kylixir Of Life will instead turn to M$'s poison, if they believe they'll have no choice somewhere down the track anyway. John. Busy lad.

NOOOOOOO------- - (folkert) - (18) - Dec. 12, 2002, 12:41:56 PM EST

Was just about to post that - (drewk) - Dec. 12, 2002, 12:44:06 PM EST

Yeah, well... I don't think I'm the only fan they'd lose. -NT - (CRConrad) - (16) - Dec. 12, 2002, 02:23:36 PM EST

(And by "fan", I mean PAYING CUSTOMER!) -NT - (CRConrad) - (15) - Dec. 12, 2002, 02:24:16 PM EST

By "they", you mean Borland? - (jb4) - (7) - Dec. 12, 2002, 02:45:03 PM EST

IMO, buying Borland would be a formality. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Dec. 12, 2002, 03:20:29 PM EST

Yup. Why would MS spend the money? - (Another Scott) - (5) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:02:41 PM EST

Yeah, that looks about right. - (inthane-chan) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:12:25 PM EST

There is only one reason I can think of. (Conrad, plz note). - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:20:58 PM EST

That's the slogan they used at the intro of K1, two yrs ago. -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:31:16 PM EST

So where can I get this Kylix? - (lincoln) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2002, 10:52:11 AM EST

So all my zealotry through the years totally passed you by?? - (CRConrad) - Dec. 13, 2002, 11:26:27 AM EST

Well, Conrad, Looks like I WON'T BE LEARNING KYLIX! -NT - (mmoffitt) - (6) - Dec. 12, 2002, 03:30:05 PM EST

Hey, it's FAAAR from a "done deal!", yet... So go ahead! -NT - (CRConrad) - (4) - Dec. 12, 2002, 03:35:29 PM EST

Yabut - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Dec. 12, 2002, 03:59:54 PM EST

So? Either FP/Lazarus is done by then, or... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:28:36 PM EST

There's no zealot like an old zealot :-) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2002, 05:14:25 PM EST

Zealot? Hey, I thought he was just an old Galilean beggar... -NT - (CRConrad) - Dec. 12, 2002, 05:47:32 PM EST

Maybe this is M$'s intent. - (Meerkat) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:21:17 PM EST

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