Open letter to the Delphi community
Simon Thornhill, vice president of Borland Rad, wrote information about the next Delphi new version in this open letter
Dear Delphi community,
While celebrating the 20th anniversary of Borland, we also celebrate the 8th anniversary of Borland Delphi. Delphi has always been a core product of Borland success, and is also a product line that Borland continues to be developed. Every new version of Delphi is focusing on improving the daily productivity of developers and is a great simplified, complex IT trend and technology. In 2002, Borland launched the most successful Delphi 7 Studio. Delphi 7 Studio introduced the next generation of "Model Driven Development" technology to significantly strengthen development of productivity.
"Borland's software helps developers develop application systems with 10 times, which greatly reduces the cost of management, and improves the stability and ductility of Congress document management system."
LF Christoffersss, deputy secretary general of the Swedish Conporation,
On the occasion of the 8th anniversary of Delphi, Borland is also preparing the product code to Octane's next-generation Delphi, Octane will be a new version of Delphi that improves the most significant amplitude. The goal of Delphi development has always been focused on providing the latest technology of Microsoft Windows platform. In 2003, Microsoft is about to provide a new generation of Window operating systems: Window Server 2003. Window Server 2003 is a special design to provide the next generation .NET execution platform. Octane will fully support Window 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework.
Translation Wang: Octane refers to the octane value in gasoline, stabilizing explosive meaning, that is, Octane will be an explosive product.
Promoting customers' past investments and helping customers have transplanted to future technology has always been one of Borland believes. This is a core value, and Octane will be the specific performance of this Borland core value. Octane will continue to support Visual Component Forms (VCLs under Win32 platform) and cross-platform component Frequency Library (CLX), which will support new features, and continue to strengthen Delphi's Framework, compiler, IDE, and design period. Strong function. However, Octane's largest advance will be supported in .NET. Octane will include a Delphi program language that is capable of developing a 100% pure .NET application. Octane will include the ability to integrate .NET Framework's integrated visual development, which will allow developers to write Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WebForms, and Web Service and ADO.NET. In addition, Octane will also include a complete .NET version of VCL Framework to help developer porting Win32 applications to the .NET platform. By providing Delphi for .NET programming, VCL for .NET Framework, and Design Time Tools, Octane will allow Delphi developers to quickly use all existing knowledge and techniques and existing original programs to develop applications under the .NET platform. . This is our commitment to the Delphi user community.
Octane will use a new generation of Window-based integrated development environments, which can develop Win32 and .NET applications simultaneously. Developers will use the same IDE to perform Win32 and .NET development work.
Octane is in successful development, Borland plans to launch Octane at the end of 2003. Borland also prepared to launch a new version of Delphi after 2004. Inside the inside of Borland, we are also very excited to walk together with you in Delphi, you will still be our best developers and the most valuable customers within the future.
Simon thornhill
Vice President and General Managerrad Solutions
