Correspondent from New York
(Give me hope Joanna refers to the song by Eddy Grant)
Your correspondent recently read TeamB member Joanna Carter was removed because she decided to dissent about unfair Euros and US$ conversion rate that Embarcadero was using.
This blog also dissents against the absurdly high prices that UK (including Scotland, Wales & Isles) folks and Europeans are paying for Embarcadero Delphi. It is an unfair tax against Delphi developers living in the Eurozone. Not only in Eurozone, the software developers in Australia and New Zealand are complaining.
Whatever it is, your correspondent wishes to Joanna best of luck with her devours. Maybe she'll have more time to pursue updating her C# ORM and C# topics on her website. Almost a decade has passed since she joined TeamB.
(Give me hope Joanna refers to the song by Eddy Grant)
Your correspondent recently read TeamB member Joanna Carter was removed because she decided to dissent about unfair Euros and US$ conversion rate that Embarcadero was using.
This blog also dissents against the absurdly high prices that UK (including Scotland, Wales & Isles) folks and Europeans are paying for Embarcadero Delphi. It is an unfair tax against Delphi developers living in the Eurozone. Not only in Eurozone, the software developers in Australia and New Zealand are complaining.
Whatever it is, your correspondent wishes to Joanna best of luck with her devours. Maybe she'll have more time to pursue updating her C# ORM and C# topics on her website. Almost a decade has passed since she joined TeamB.
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Aha, interesting. I had the impression Mrs. Carter has always provided an interesting and appropriate input.
The high prices in UK, think in different dimensions, especially in Eastern Europe where people suffer from low salary (3EUR vs. 22EUR on an avg - software developer is payed little more), they need almost two incomes to survive because they already have the EUR regions prices. In practice no money goes into the savings ... this means the price for Delphi from an individual's perspective looks tremendous huge and a conversion fee has to be considered too (a huge one XX%). What option do they have - take things that come for free...
Ok in mid Europe, if someone cannot afford the upgrade. Our Pop singer Falco once said about the mother of his wife: 'She is working on her carrer now for > 10 years, no CD recorded until today, there are other jobs too she is maybe better in, there are things that do not make sense'.
@Mrs Joanna
MSDN Magazine
Second Level Caching in EFW and AppFabric
Local DB Part of the Juneau Database project. (having the power of the SQL Server Express but no longer the overhead) and a suitable development environment integrated into VS.
EFW with Spatial Type support ...
Reference
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Presse/pm/2011/04/PD11__143__624,templateId=renderPrint.psml
(second table is about the 'taxes').
@ Michael Bunny:
Can you relate your point of view with the Microsoft product sales in Eastern Europe?
@You ...
MS runs for every country a different strategy. I had at least the impression that for example prices for Romania a half or a thirds. From MS perspective, no idea about taxes included, very likely not a lot.
The Windows OS is no longer this expensive in general it's almost free here in Austria we only buy OEM ... Microsoft accepted this. They have seen people simply buy a hard disk and ... get it anyway. So they offer OEM in practice almost only ...
My statement was less about, if people buy products if there is a demand. A demand is a demand. The question is about how to cover in case of comparable options or if you maybe get a VS free via the Spark Programs for a certain period and the OS, Servers ... why not take and get one of the hundred thousands more or less well paid jobs.
If you take commercial Delphi Prof vs. 249,-- USD VS in the OEM Store ... what will someone take very likely. Delphi Prof. pricing is 2 times a week have a nice evening together in a restaurant with partner 50 times a year in Romania for example. This is what I walk about - felt as expensive. Felt price for Austria is then about 3500 EUR for the Prof. (when we compare it to the Romanian price level).
This is at least my impression.
http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Romania
Companies are little different ... in this case you have a different perspective
a) The company that belongs to a human
b) Corporate with humans only
In case of a) I think the price felt is still important but the money to make with counts too. The opportunity that does come with having this kind of 'machine'.
In case of b) you are simply bound to the individuals limit he/she is allowed to decide for without asking the purchase department. This can be a certain amount per purchase limited by a budget (seldom today) or a limit that allows you to buy without call for tender - this is the faster way. But if someone offers a whole package maybe in case of MS - will you then make another call for tender. You will take what comes with the big package and in this context VS is free too. In case of b) people don't spend their own money. (assuming the options are somehow comparable - if there is a unique demand ... )
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