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By: New Gadgets | The Delphi Channel: Coding Delphi for Fun

New Gadgets | The Delphi Channel: Coding Delphi for Fun — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:56:07 +0000

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By: Loïs Bégué

Loïs Bégué — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:58:26 +0000

You wrote:
…The great people at CodeGear HQ must be very fast readers!…

Just consider a centralized structure, a server that could spider the Delphi Blogs Galaxy at once. It could gather all articles really fast, build an archive (!) and share them per intranet using a kinda Search engine.

I personally would setup such a service in my company …

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:09:55 +0000

@Tom van der Vlugt – Would have preferred this comment on my other posting so that all discussion on this subject is in one place but thanks!

@Jan Doggen – Good idea, he probably has a few fun projects up his sleeve that he might be able to contribute

@Ken Knopfli – That’s interesting, is that how this blog comes accross – as a place for whining – because that certainly wasn’t my intention. I’m very supportive of the CG guys (see my comment in response to an outburst on that post: http://jamie.op-i.net/blog/2009/02/turbo-delphi-an-open-letter/#comment-60). I would like to think that my post was a little more level-headed and unemotional than the usual ones that we’ve all seen before.

As to your Synthesizer Editor project then yes, If the hardware is still available on eBay then absolutely! Older hardware can be better for these projects because it’s generally available much more cheaply! If you wanted to do an article on it then I’d love to add you to the blog?

By: Ken Knopfli

Ken Knopfli — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:12:55 +0000

There’s lots of whine blogs, the short visit doesn’t surprise me.

I have used Delphi to set up hardware for most of my programming life, both at work and at home. Current home project is a Yamaha DX7 FM Synthesizer editor (yes, another one). Don’t know if anyone would be interested in something as ancient as that, tho’.

By: Jan Doggen

Jan Doggen — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:08:47 +0000

You could team up with Gary Darby
http://www.delphiforfun.org/

By: Tom van der Vlugt

Tom van der Vlugt — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:41 +0000

Although I’ve purchased myself an upgrade of the bundle Delphi/C++ Builder 2009 Pro, I’m a supporter of the release of a free/low-cost license of Delphi! Embarcadero should release a Turbo 2009 version of Delphi, C++ Builder and Prism just to allow access these tools to hobbyists and students. Embarcadero should not go away by stating that there are student licenses, since they aren’t allowed for hobbyists: you have to prove that you are a student. The new Delphi should also be friendly for open-source developers:

1. Basic database programming
2. Component usage both commerical and own components
3. VCL
4. Basic reporting or charting tool
5. More to come!