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List:       kdevelop
Subject:    Re: Best KDE development tools... help... Borland Kylix?
From:       Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf () dingo ! ping ! net ! au>
Date:       2001-05-26 5:19:25
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Jonathan Hunt wrote
...
> > Kylix used to be expensive, but Borland just yesterday I believe cut the
> > price of the desktop version to $199 US. You can purchase it at
> > http://shop.borland.com/Product/0,1057,3-15-CQ100479,00.html. I'm ordering
> > my copy tonight.
> >
> 
> Ahem, a excuse me. Kdevelop is free and Kylix now costs ONLY $199 I don't 
> know about you but I consider $199 EXPENSIVE when I can get a very good IDE 
> for free.

As a professional developer, you will appreciate the fact that
investing $199 in a well known commercial grade development tool such
as Kylix (Delphi) is chicken-feed when comparing it with the cost of
employing a +$50K analyst/developer. Advantages of commerical
products in todays environment are low cost of ownership, reduced
development lifecycle and availability of trained IT-professionals.

Disadvantages of free development tools such as KDevelop are limited 
compatiblity with existing projects/products, availability of trained
IT-professionals and use of QT libraries is not free in for commerical
developments.

In summary, whilst free development tools are a good choice for privat use
it may not be the an ideal enironment for commercial software
production.


cheerio Berndt
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