I just stumbled upon this on DelphiFeeds. Apparently when I posted my concerns about the AnyDAC acquisition back in February I wasn’t too far off the mark.
It appears that one “product” or “add on” is being used to coerce customers to buy additional upgrades. This kind of vendor lock in strategy IMO is despicable, and is going to cause a long term loss of Delphi developers. If recent blog posts are any indication, even the most positive bloggers are joining the ‘nay sayers’ to let EMBT know they are not a fan of their recent marketing decisions.
At today’s pricing, it’s far from a Fire sale (get it? FireMonkey, FireDAC…
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