Some of you may have read a recent article by Verity Stob on Reg developer. The article talks about the “Sons of Kahn“, “the valley of the Scotts“, “The word of Tod“, and “The March of the Users“. Take a look, it is very entertaining. After reading the online article, I took it upon myself to send an email to Verity Stob to make sure some things were cleared up and to have some fun. Below you will find my email and also the reply I received today.
David Intersimone wrote:
love the article and the fun words. I am one of the Sons of Kahn. I was hired by PK in June of 1985 and have stayed a loyal follower. We are still here in Scotts Valley working on Delphi, supporting Delphi, promoting Delphi. Delphi is not going anywhere except to the new company that we are building with the help from investors. The article goes on to say: "And the David-Eye of the Sons of Kahn came forward to speak unto the users of Delphi. And he said: Yay! Whoa! Go Borland! Way to go! Game on! Woo! Go Delphi! Yay! " It finishes with "And the Sons of Kahn returned to the valley of the Scotts, and waited. And waited…"
We are not waiting for anything. We are moving forward, developing Delphi, working on updates, technology previews and future versions according to our public roadmap. The story will end with the following:
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- The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There’ll be sun!Just thinkin’ about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
‘Til there’s none!When I’m stuck a day
That’s gray,
And lonely, I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
‘Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You’re always
A day
A way!
David-Eye of the Sons of Kahn came forward and he spoke: your love of Delphi is close to our hearts and souls.
You, the chosen ones, the disciples of Delphi, will code in the sun for yarns to come.
We are walking together, working together, and having fun together.
Lo and behold, it will soon be said that we see the bright future and it is Delph-ee / Delph-eye.
The Delphi-faithful raised up their voices to the Developer Gods and sang:
(Lyrics to the song “Tomorrow“ from the musical “Annie“. Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin)
I received the following reply from Verity Stob:
From: Verity Stob
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:49 AM
To: David Intersimone
Subject: Re: Reg reader comment: Borland’s Delphi goodbye
Hi David,
Thanks for your e, your kind words about my piece, and for playing up to the character I gave you. Many of the Users of Delphi have also written to me, and they too have behaved rather as as I portrayed them.
Natch I was well aware of your (pretty rare by now, I would guess) status of first generation S of K. I will continue to watch developments at Borland with interest, both as writer and Delf programmer. I wish you luck turning it around.
I have forwarded your email to my editor for consideration in his letters pages.
Best wishes,
Verity
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And the Refugees of the Land of Not, having lost the Basics of Life, climbed the Great Wall. The Land of Delphi was found hiding Behind the Wall, having not Waved the Flag of Recognition since The Days Of Kahn.
Only the Strong make the climb, because there is not much Help and what Help there is, isn’t. Signs of the Old Land, so familiar, are without translation in the new. Instr and Pos, Dims and Vars. Making Left Turns instead of Right. Even the Natives cry for Help, so the refugees trudge on.
Still they come. One at a time they come, looking for The New Home. There is no Path to Follow, no Ladders to help the Climb. Only an encouraging word and bit of advice, but they continued.
And what choice but to continue? That of Pointers, Beans, Sharp Seas or Scorched Earth? This was indeed The Promised Land. The Strong and Determined will make the land Stronger.
The new Vision of Separation will cause the Flag of Recognition to wave again. And there will be Ladders and Help and Paths through the Maze. And more will come.
http://hallvards.blogspot.com/2006/03/verity-stob-strikes-again.html
hi
can you send me my serialnumber…please
thank you
David:
It would have been better if we heard you say .. "I received a great offer for NewCo from investors in Delphi’s future!"
All these fancy poems and self-serving nonsense and still no buyer ought to make you nervous. Don’t you think so?
Sons of no more nonsense.
we will keep you posted when we have chosen investors. In the meantime we could go dark on all of the press, let people say whatever they want (even if it is incorrect), we could let everyone feel bad and be worried. Instead I choose to focus on what we are doing, the work that is going on, and to "whistle while I work". I am not nervous at all. We are here, working and moving forward.
Given the .NET 2.0 and Microsoft speed in it does Borland intend to follow Microsoft ways or rather create new standards?
"and look forward to additional non-MS work as well"
Just so you’ll know that remark didn’t go completely unnoticed <g>. It’s not that I have designs on any non-MS platform at the moment, but signs of less dependence are a GoodThing<tm>.
Keep on keepin’ on.
Dan <box of Kylix under the desk>
Can we all club together to make an offer? If 1000 of us all put in $100, that should be a fair price. Or $1,000 each if we are not forced to take the management and marketing teams as well as the jewels of Delphi and its creators.
I want the source of cod for received button
if you want send me.
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