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The .NET Hype is Over
Opinion submitted by: Aram Janigian
Established in 1999, Personal Delphi Agents is the only company in the world that specializes in placing Delphi professionals in permanent positions throughout the U.S. I have personally spoken with thousands of Delphi programmers all over the world and hundreds of Delphi clients as well. I have also been the featured speaker at several different Delphi Users Groups all over the country. My presentation is 2-hours covers the Delphi job market in detail.
The following is my opinion about the status of Delphi, Java and .NET. We have heard the following questions or comments for the past several months from various programmers around the U.S. including:
.NET is going to be the end of Delphi.
.NET is more powerful than Delphi.
C# is going to be the Java killer.
VB.NET is going to be the Delphi killer.
What should be my primary Web programming language be?
Where do
you see the future of Delphi?
There are more questions but let's stop there!
Delphi has been around for over 17 years if you include its predecessors Turbo Pascal and Object Pascal. Officially the beta version for Delphi came out in 1994 and the first release was in 1995. During that time, Borland has created a very extensive client/server tool. Once engineers begin
to use Borland's products they usually switch to using them and are loyal for life.
A good analogy is Microsoft is like Kmart (although Microsoft is not under Chapter 11), they provide cheap products and you can go do
wn the street and buy them just about anywhere. They are going after the PC masses. Borland is like Sears. Our fathers and grandfathers used their quality, Craftsman tools and become loyal for generations. You build a good product and people will use it. Sun Microsystems took a bunch of guys and put them behind closes do
ors for a period of time and they needed coffee to stay awake so let's call it Java. Sun Microsystems had lots of money and marketed Java very well although it is much slower than Delphi. A Delphi Web based application is much faster than a Java Web based application because (1) development time is about 50% faster than Java and (2) Java is an interpreted language and has to interpret each hit to the web site. So if you are getting a million hits per day or per month, Java will slow do
wn everything.
.NET was just a bunch of hype. Microsoft has lots of money, lots of lawyers and created lots of hype. The smoke has now settled and most of the Visual Basic Developers we have spoken with say VB.NET is not all it is said to be. C# is really not the Java killer. All of the Web development languages are just competing against each other now. Microsoft and Sun Microsoft will eventually give up in this client/server, Web development tool marketplace. Microsoft is trying to do
too much at one time and will spread too thin. Borland will not do
this. Borland will keep on chugging a like a powerful little locomotive and be able to provide Delphi, JBuilder or C++ Builder to any of their clients depending on what they are looking for. A majority of the small-to-medium size companies use Delphi because it is priced competitive and there are lots of available programming resources (just call Personal Delphi Agents J). Most of the Delphi Users are from the Technology and Finance sectors where they have to quickly develop their applications because time is money.
Our clients are currently hiring Delphi folks at record numbers. Monster.com and Borland are also posting lots of Delphi jobs. Delphi is very much alive and well in 2002. Consulting is do
wn but the end client is getting smarter and making their money last a lot longer by hiring permanent folks.
We have seen a lot of C++, Visual Basic, and Java programmers switch to Delphi because of the power, ease, and the ability to quickly generate applications for your business. There are approximately 1,000,000 Delphi Users worldwide (250,000 are in the U.S.), there are about 2,000,000 Java Developers worldwide and about 4-8,000,000 Visual Basic Developers worldwide depending on who you ask. Microsoft will have to convert the top 20% of those VB Developers to use VB.NET (since they will be able to understand true RAD OOD) the rest of the VB folks need to think about getting a job at McDonald's.
C++ is the most widely recognized language worldwide. It is on more platforms than any other language. Borland must have at least 500,000 C++ Builder Developers today and that list is growing as well.
My point is that all of these languages compete in today's marketplace, especially here in the U.S. Borland is setup to really perform well during the next 4-5 years if they continue improving Delphi and penetrate the International markets as well. Most of the International marketplace is still based on Object Pascal technology. This is a great time for Borland to move forward and penetrate these markets. Dale Fuller is do
ing a fantastic job and is keeping his promise to market Borland's core products. Borland has recently added Charlie Hixon who is the Vice President of Sales for the Americas. Charlie has 14 years of sales and management experience with IBM and will lead the charge for Borland's sales teams.
Some final thoughts and things to remember include: Borland has obviously released Delphi 6.0. Well they are already working on Delphi v7.0 and 8.0. These new versions will continue building on their Web Services architecture. Borland could very easily be a $1 billion software company in less than 5 years. My guess is that they will achieve this goal and they have the track record to prove it. Also, you have a very driven team of intelligent people at Borland like David Intersimone, John Kaster and Karen Giles supporting the success of Delphi worldwide. Delphi professionals have nothing to fear. Delphi is going to be around for many years to come.
Aram Janigian is the Founder of Personal Delphi Agents (a division of permIT, Inc.). which is a unique recruiting firm that currently represents 3,000 Delphi professionals worldwide and support 38 Delphi clients coast-to-coast.
www.personaldelphiagents.com
t NET（转载）
上个礼拜圣约翰的SD West露脸
The .NET Hype is Over
Opinion submitted by: Aram Janigian
Established in 1999, Personal Delphi Agents is the only company in the world that specializes in placing Delphi professionals in permanent positions throughout the U.S. I have personally spoken with thousands of Delphi programmers all over the world and hundreds of Delphi clients as well. I have also been the featured speaker at several different Delphi Users Groups all over the country. My presentation is 2-hours covers the Delphi job market in detail.
The following is my opinion about the status of Delphi, Java and .NET. We have heard the following questions or comments for the past several months from various programmers around the U.S. including:
.NET is going to be the end of Delphi.
.NET is more powerful than Delphi.
C# is going to be the Java killer.
VB.NET is going to be the Delphi killer.
What should be my primary Web programming language be?
Where do
you see the future of Delphi?
There are more questions but let's stop there!
Delphi has been around for over 17 years if you include its predecessors Turbo Pascal and Object Pascal. Officially the beta version for Delphi came out in 1994 and the first release was in 1995. During that time, Borland has created a very extensive client/server tool. Once engineers begin
to use Borland's products they usually switch to using them and are loyal for life.
A good analogy is Microsoft is like Kmart (although Microsoft is not under Chapter 11), they provide cheap products and you can go do
wn the street and buy them just about anywhere. They are going after the PC masses. Borland is like Sears. Our fathers and grandfathers used their quality, Craftsman tools and become loyal for generations. You build a good product and people will use it. Sun Microsystems took a bunch of guys and put them behind closes do
ors for a period of time and they needed coffee to stay awake so let's call it Java. Sun Microsystems had lots of money and marketed Java very well although it is much slower than Delphi. A Delphi Web based application is much faster than a Java Web based application because (1) development time is about 50% faster than Java and (2) Java is an interpreted language and has to interpret each hit to the web site. So if you are getting a million hits per day or per month, Java will slow do
wn everything.
.NET was just a bunch of hype. Microsoft has lots of money, lots of lawyers and created lots of hype. The smoke has now settled and most of the Visual Basic Developers we have spoken with say VB.NET is not all it is said to be. C# is really not the Java killer. All of the Web development languages are just competing against each other now. Microsoft and Sun Microsoft will eventually give up in this client/server, Web development tool marketplace. Microsoft is trying to do
too much at one time and will spread too thin. Borland will not do
this. Borland will keep on chugging a like a powerful little locomotive and be able to provide Delphi, JBuilder or C++ Builder to any of their clients depending on what they are looking for. A majority of the small-to-medium size companies use Delphi because it is priced competitive and there are lots of available programming resources (just call Personal Delphi Agents J). Most of the Delphi Users are from the Technology and Finance sectors where they have to quickly develop their applications because time is money.
Our clients are currently hiring Delphi folks at record numbers. Monster.com and Borland are also posting lots of Delphi jobs. Delphi is very much alive and well in 2002. Consulting is do
wn but the end client is getting smarter and making their money last a lot longer by hiring permanent folks.
We have seen a lot of C++, Visual Basic, and Java programmers switch to Delphi because of the power, ease, and the ability to quickly generate applications for your business. There are approximately 1,000,000 Delphi Users worldwide (250,000 are in the U.S.), there are about 2,000,000 Java Developers worldwide and about 4-8,000,000 Visual Basic Developers worldwide depending on who you ask. Microsoft will have to convert the top 20% of those VB Developers to use VB.NET (since they will be able to understand true RAD OOD) the rest of the VB folks need to think about getting a job at McDonald's.
C++ is the most widely recognized language worldwide. It is on more platforms than any other language. Borland must have at least 500,000 C++ Builder Developers today and that list is growing as well.
My point is that all of these languages compete in today's marketplace, especially here in the U.S. Borland is setup to really perform well during the next 4-5 years if they continue improving Delphi and penetrate the International markets as well. Most of the International marketplace is still based on Object Pascal technology. This is a great time for Borland to move forward and penetrate these markets. Dale Fuller is do
ing a fantastic job and is keeping his promise to market Borland's core products. Borland has recently added Charlie Hixon who is the Vice President of Sales for the Americas. Charlie has 14 years of sales and management experience with IBM and will lead the charge for Borland's sales teams.
Some final thoughts and things to remember include: Borland has obviously released Delphi 6.0. Well they are already working on Delphi v7.0 and 8.0. These new versions will continue building on their Web Services architecture. Borland could very easily be a $1 billion software company in less than 5 years. My guess is that they will achieve this goal and they have the track record to prove it. Also, you have a very driven team of intelligent people at Borland like David Intersimone, John Kaster and Karen Giles supporting the success of Delphi worldwide. Delphi professionals have nothing to fear. Delphi is going to be around for many years to come.
Aram Janigian is the Founder of Personal Delphi Agents (a division of permIT, Inc.). which is a unique recruiting firm that currently represents 3,000 Delphi professionals worldwide and support 38 Delphi clients coast-to-coast.
www.personaldelphiagents.com
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