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Limited-Time Offer. Ends August 24, 2009 Embarcadero announced today a limited new program beginning today through August 24th where you can get a free tool when you buy one of our industry-leading database and development tools. The new program allows you to choose from over 16 award winning application and database development, design, management and testing tools [...]
posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:55:35 +0000 by
Did You Know - Embarcadero Beta Page
It’s worth mentioning that Embarcadero has a central Beta application page where you can apply to a number of beta’s of products in the works:
Come take a look at some of the products under development (under NDA of course).
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posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:20:50 +0000 by Chris Pattinson
Quick review of old bugs fixed for Delphi
David I. had an interesting question for the team - are we fixing enough of our older bugs in the product? Are we neglecting past issues reported by our customers?
As a resident quality champion, of course I want to know too 
So I took a quick query into the bug tracking system, and looked at how many reports found earlier then Jan 1, 2009 were fixed this year. A quick, no fuss query though I made sure to only include bug reports (not feature requests) and resolutions related to bug fixing.
The result?
711 Delphi bugs found earlier then Jan 1, 2009 have been fixed so far this year, and the team is in middle of polish phase for the next release "Weaver".
The next question is how many came from customer reports? So I looked at the number coming from Quality Central - 222 of those 711 are Quality Central reports. Not an insignificant number. A number (about half) of those were released in RAD Studio 2009 Updates 3 and 4 with the remainder going into Weaver. As I mentioned - more is being done as well.
Additional slices:
- 198 of the 711 were reported earlier then 2008
- 116 reported prior to 2007
- 91 reported prior to 2006
That’s good news, and a sign the team looks at older issues as well as new.
With 10 years of reports, there is a mixed bag of about 2000 public reports the team is constantly working on, and our beta feedback helps guide the release to ensure it’s a good one.
As always, we can improve- and need to to stay ahead of the pack. So let me know if you have a QC report you feel is neglected. I’ll take a look at it.
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posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:48:56 +0000 by Chris Pattinson
Word of the Day: BOGO
The new word around here is BOGO – or Buy On, Get One. Free that is. Right now, if you buy any Embarcadero product, you can get a different Embarcadero product of equal or lesser value for free. That’s right – Free. As in no additional money. As in register your purchased product, get the code, go to our website, enter the code, choose a product, and get it for free. But you need to do it before August 24. That’s when the deal expires. There are some restrictions – not many – so now is the time to buy.
There are a lot of prices out there that you can pay, but of all the prices there are, I think we can all agree that Free is the best one. I know that it is my favorite price, and I pay that price as often as I can.
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posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:44:42 +0000 by Nick Hodges
Get TWICE the tools for your money!
For a limited time, we’re offering you the opportunity to get TWO tools for the price of one.
Click here for all of the juicy details!
This special offer ends August 24, 2009.
But wait, there’s MORE! If you want the BEST value anywhere - look no further than All-Access! All-Access beats the value of even this fantastic Buy-One-Get-One-Free offer. For only a fraction more than this awesome offer you get access to everything you need in one value busting package!
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posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:29 +0000 by Anders Ohlsson
An unprecedented offer, two tools for the price of one…
Starting today and running through August 24th, you can choose a second tool FREE when you buy one of our industry-leading database and development tools, including Delphi®, ER/Studio®, Rapid SQL®, C++Builder®, JBuilder®, DBArtisan®, and most of our other database and application development, design, management or testing tools. During these challenging economic times, you don’t have to choose between one tool and another to fit your budget. For more information on this limited-time offer, go to http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-info.
You can also use our product selector guide on the Buy One Get One Free information page to get more familiar with Embarcadero’s tools for Database Management and Monitoring, Application and Database Modeling, Java and Web Development and RAD Development. You can also learn more about which products complement each other, how you can round out your tool portfolio, and maybe even learn about tools you didn’t know were part of the Embarcadero portfolio.
How can you check to see which products are available? You can use our handy Qualifying Product Selector Web Application to do your own purchasing "what if" analysis. This web application can help you decide which tool you can select for free based on which product you want to purchase.
When you purchase a qualifying Embarcadero product at regular list price, you will get a coupon which entitles you to a second product of equal or lesser value for free. How do you redeem your free product coupon? You can redeem your coupon and select a free application by going to http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-redeem.
The Buy One, Get One Free promotion is all about extending your application development and database tool portfolio by letting you to choose another* Embarcadero tool you want. This special offer ends August 24th. Go to the Buy One Get One Free web page at http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-info.
Important links to remember:
- Buy One Get One Free - http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-info/
- Buy One Get One Free FAQ - http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-info/BOGO_Customer_FAQ.pdf
- Qualifying products selector guide - http://reg.codegear.com/srs6/selection.do?promoCode=BOGO-Promo-2009
- How to Buy - http://www.embarcadero.com/products/how_to_buy.php
- Free Trial downloads - http://www.embarcadero.com/downloads/
- Redeem your free product - http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-redeem/
- Buy One Get One Free Terms and Conditions - http://www.embarcadero.com/bogo-terms/
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posted @ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:19:29 +0000 by David Intersimone
Some of the developer/technology feeds I follow…
There is an ocean of developer and technology information on the Internet. I use feeds as one of the ways to try and "Sip" from the firehose of content.
EDN - http://edn.embarcadero.com/rss
DelphiFeeds.com - http://feeds.delphifeeds.com/delphifeeds?format=xml
Dr.Dobb’s - All Articles - http://feeds.pheedo.com/drdobbs_all_articles
DDJ CodeTalk Blog Entries - http://www.dobbscodetalk.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=rss
O’Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies - http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/radar/atom
Slashdot: Developers - http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
Top Questions - Stack Overflow - http://stackoverflow.com/feeds
Alltop Programming - http://programming.alltop.com/rss/
This is just a small portion of the feed list I use. What developer and technology feeds do you listen to?
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posted @ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:48 +0000 by David Intersimone
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #114
- What is the #1 most ownloaded System utility at CNet? Advanced SystemCare Free. Why do I tell you this? Because it is built with Delphi, that’s why!
- Now here is a headline you love to see: “The future of Delphi looks brighter than ever before.”
- CodeProject is a pretty cool site with a lot of good stuff – and now that good stuff includes an Introduction to Delphi Prism.
- The JEDI team is hard at work as always – they have just announced the stable release of JVCL 3.37 is available for download. We all owe a hardy thanks to Olivier Sannier and the JEDI guys for their awesome support of the Delphi community.
- Another headline you love to see: Delphi is fast, very fast.
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posted @ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:38:50 +0000 by Nick Hodges
Evaluating the Total Cost of Software Tools…
When looking to reduce costs an often overlooked area to consider is the overall costs for the tools needed to design, build, and run your databases and applications.
A new comparison report, entitled Reducing Total Cost of Ownership of Your Application Development and Database Tools”, provides straightforward guidelines for evaluating and comparing costs for database tools.
In this comparison report you’ll learn:
- How “hidden” costs can be four times higher than direct software licensing and maintenance costs
- How near-term and longer-term costs can be reduced with Embarcadero® All-Access™, the new multi-platform tool chest with a dramatically simplified and cost-effective licensing model
- How application virtualization, or "on-demand technology", plays a key roll in reducing costs while making software tools easier to access when and where you need them
Download the free comparison report today!
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Download a free 30-day evaluation copy of the All-Access Client and experience Embarcadero All-Access in your own environment. Gain access to all of the tools in the All-Access tool chest – with industry-leading tools like ER/Studio®, DBArtisan®, Rapid SQL® and more so you can design, build, and run your databases and applications with less time and effort.
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posted @ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:37:25 +0000 by David Intersimone
Eclipse Galileo is now available…
From the Eclipse Galileo press release: June 24, 2009 – "For the sixth year in a row, the Eclipse community has delivered its annual release train on its scheduled date. Galileo, the 2009 release train, is the largest ever release from the Eclipse community, comprising 33 projects and over 24 million lines of code. Over 380 committers from 44 different organizations participated to make this release possible."
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posted @ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:22:39 +0000 by David Intersimone
