Re: [MLUG] kylix

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It looks okay although some reviews I've seen of it noted slight glitches
because of it's Wine reliance, especially during the install stage and
some library weirdness due mostly to them trying to make it user-friendly
to install even at risk of annoying better educated users. I can see how
this would be good for in-house programming for companies that already
have Delphie experience but I still think most people from Linux
experience are more likely to use C or Python - both of which have some
decent visual dev enviroments udner Linux already in progress. Weren't
they releasing the free version in June? Did that never happen? I had a
dim memory of seeing it on their website but I could be wrong. :)

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Kmicic wrote:

> howdy, 
> 
> i dont really keep up with linux much anymore, but seeing Neil lately
> reminded me i had something to share. anyone else got their hands on
> kylix? it's basically the most mature visual development tool for linux
> out there. uses delphi, which is pretty much like java programming-wise,
> except it's compiled (go to www.borland.com for more details). there's a
> promotion where the desktop developer version was "only" $200 so i
> convinced the powers at be at work to purchase it. it's really too bad
> that the release of k came out at the point where all the linux projects
> are getting cut cause of economy, but imo it had a chance to bring linux
> up to compete with windows as equals. i'll probably install it as soon
> as i get another hd to put in my machine (nobody wants to sell something
> 5-20Gb in size?), and would be glad to do a presentation some time into
> the fall semester.
> 
> i'd very much like to let someone pirate it off of me and have some fun
> with it, but since this is work license, it's out of question. besides,
> i kinda like borland for their commitment to linux. but if you can't
> afford to shell out $200 out of sheer sympathy, borland has been
> promising to release the freeware compiler with the visual component
> library source code (kinda like widgets on drugs.. or equivalent to M$
> MFC lib). therewill be no visual development environment, but i'm sure
> within a short time someone will write a module for emacs that'll do
> everything one may want and brew your coffee for you (wait it already
> does that).
> 
> cheers,
> paul/km
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