Free Delphi?

[donvittorio]

Hi,

In a post recently somebody mentioned that they were using the 'free version' of Delphi. I didn't take much notice at the time, but now I like the idea of getting hold of a free copy of Delphi.
Does anybody know if it is possible to (legally) get a free version of Delphi (excluding Kylix)? I couldn't find anything on the Borland web site

Steve

 

[whosrdaddy]

delphi personal should be free, but it is limited in features

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[Glenn9999]

I don't know of a completely free version of Delphi, but I mentioned something that was trying to be delphi-compatible, which can be useful to jump platforms.

free pascal, and then the same group is trying to develop a GUI driven platform called Lazarus.

 

[gcaramia]

Free Pascal Lazarus is here:

http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

Giovanni Caramia

 

[donvittorio]

As luck would have it PC Plus magazine is currently giving away Delphi 6 Personal on the cover DVD of the current issue (issue 232), so I'm off to the newagents at lunch time.
btw Lazarus looks good, I hadn't come across it before

Steve

 

[sggaunt]

Steve
Last months PCP had Delphi2005 evaluation with it but only on the subscription DVD.

Cant say I am bothered about .net though it may be a M$ plot?



Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[TonHu]

Hm, to my experience, D6 is about as bad (buggy) as D4 was, so I wouldn't be too 'happy' with a Delphi 6 personal edition :-(
You'd better stay at D5 or go for D7, as D8/D9 (aka D2005) produce .NET assemblies, that need .NET runtime installed. If that doesn't matter, go for the latest I'd say, M$ is going to force .NET technology onto us with Windows Vista anyway, and staying up to speed with modern tools can't be bad ;-)

Just my 2 cents
TonHu

 

[sggaunt]

There does seem to be consensus on the 'Odd numbers are best' theory. I know D3 was far more stable than D4.
But its hard to belive it was deliberate.


Steve: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[donvittorio]

My mistake, it is Delphi2005 that is on the PCP cover disc, not Delphi 6. This offer is available in the shops by the way, it's not just for subscribers.
I've never really been a subscriber to the 'odd numbers are best' theory, I've used every version from 2 to 7 and the only ones to give me grief have been 3 and 7!

 

[whosrdaddy]

I had the best experience with 2,5,7 and now 2005

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[Stretchwickster]

I've only ever used Delphi 6 Pro so I cannot compare it to any of the odd version numbers! However, I must say I've had very few problems with it.

Clive
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