Re: [BLACKBOX] Years ahead of its time

From: [at]} <Chris>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:42:24 +0930

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        From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
Douglas G. Danforth
        Sent: Wednesday, 9 September 2009 4:18 AM
        To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
        Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] Years ahead of its time
        
        
        And so, why is Delphi more popular than BlackBox?
        
        I have never understood why elegance fails to win in the market
place.
        It seems that complexity and obfuscation grabs people more.
        Why is this?
        
        -Doug Danforth

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There are many possible reasons:

1. The HUGE existing installed base of Turbo Pascal / Borland Pascal users.

2. Marketing

3. Familiar 'look and feel'. Delphi was effectively a Pascal-based clone of
Visual Basic which already had had substantial success for a couple of
years.

4. Marketing

5. 'Drag and Drop', 'Point and Click' forms development. Delphi's form
creation / editing facilities are much more extensive than BB.

6. Marketing

7. Price: In 1995 Delphi v1.0 was ~$US 100, Oberon/F v1.1 (as BlackBox was
then known) was 450 sFr (~ $US 400).

8. Marketing

9. The "Not invented here" syndrome. I suspect many Borland / Delphi users
think Phillipe Kahn / Borland invented Pascal.

10. Marketing

etc.

Regards,
Chris

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