I was a heavy Delphi user back in the day (late-90's/early 2000's) it was way ahead of the curve in terms of RAD that didn't gimp you as a developer.
Shame they decided to go for the large enterprise insanely expensive end of the market, if they'd done a decent commercial version for a 10th the price they'd have done much better.
Though the writing was on the wall as the cost of development tools trended towards zero - JetBrains have continued to prove that if you provide enough utility competing against free can be profitable.
Shame they decided to go for the large enterprise insanely expensive end of the market, if they'd done a decent commercial version for a 10th the price they'd have done much better.
Though the writing was on the wall as the cost of development tools trended towards zero - JetBrains have continued to prove that if you provide enough utility competing against free can be profitable.