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#Turbo Interest?
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Here is a note I received from Larry Kraft of the Borland Forum after
inquiring about Turbo Pascal for the Amiga. He has given me permission to
post his words here for the benefit of Amiga users. Please show your
interest by responding to Borland directly. "GO BORLAND" now.
We enjoy receiving comments and suggestions from our customers. It is
true that Borland did place one advertisement announcing a future version
of Turbo Pascal for the Amiga. However, unanticipated marketing trends
have since developed. At the present time, we are maintaining a database
of all customers who have requested Turbo Pascal for the Amiga. It is very
important that we have a good understanding of the potential market for
this product so that we can make a decision on whether to continue with
its development. If you belong to an Amiga users group or have access to
any information that would be of help in our evaluation, your assistance
would be appreciated. Sincerely, Larry Kraft
It sounds like Borland STILL haven't made up their minds. They can't sit
on the fence forever. Just wish they'd come out and say 'Yes, it'll be
released in April' or say they aren't going to do it. At this rate they'll
still be 'collecting info' in 1996. While Turbo Pascal may indeed be a
nice language environment (not my choice) it's not worth waiting another
year or more for Borland to make up their mind.
Steve, sweedack… I've been a Borland fan and turbo user on many systems
over the years but they're starting, like microsoft, to put on some of the
weight that comes with success (no innuendo intended Phillipe). With such
weight comes lots of marketing inertia. 100K, 200K, maye even 500K AMIs
might just not be enough to nudge them our way. Frankly its a nice language
system, and nice to be running right there with all the "real programmers"
using and blabbing Turbo. But this constant awaiting of Sanctification of
our machine and its market is getting to be a drag… so what if
Ashton_tate isn't planning a port of DB3, why hang around slavering about
WordPerfect for AMI and Turbo for same when adequate to excellent
alternatives now abound in the AMI sw mkt. The original AMI Pascal was a
dog but the Pecan UCSD system looks very nice indeed and the TDI modula is
super. Both good alternatives available now from good companies with the
chutzpah to jump in to the AMI market before it goes platinum… I say we
should be supporting such folks, not begging scraps from the big-blue
table. -da-
Steve, sweedack… I've been a Borland fan and turbo user on many systems
over the years but they're starting, like microsoft, to put on some of the
weight that comes with success (no innuendo intended Phillipe). With such
weight comes lots of marketing inertia. 100K, 200K, maye even 500K AMIs
might just not be enough to nudge them our way. Frankly its a nice language
system, and nice to be running right there with all the "real programmers"
using and blabbing Turbo. But this constant awaiting of Sanctification of
our machine and its market is getting to be a drag… so what if
Ashton_tate isn't planning a port of DB3, why hang around slavering about
WordPerfect for AMI and Turbo for same when adequate to excellent
alternatives now abound in the AMI sw mkt. The original AMI Pascal was a
dog but the Pecan UCSD system looks very nice indeed and the TDI modula is
super. Both good alternatives available now from good companies with the
chutzpah to jump in to the AMI market before it goes platinum… I say we
should be supporting such folks, not begging scraps from the big-blue
table. -da-
It sounds like Borland STILL haven't made up their minds. They can't sit
on the fence forever. Just wish they'd come out and say 'Yes, it'll be
released in April' or say they aren't going to do it. At this rate they'll
still be 'collecting info' in 1996. While Turbo Pascal may indeed be a
nice language environment (not my choice) it's not worth waiting another
year or more for Borland to make up their mind.
YES YES YES! As far as I know, Borland IS working on the Amiga version of
Turbo Pascal, but it could be put aside at any time if they thought another
project was more important. They do not believe there is a real market for
Amiga software. They should talk to SubLogic about that… Anyway, I used
to work there and I know, they DO listen to user input. The more cards &
letters they get about Turbo Pascal, the more likely they are to release
it. In addition to messages on their Forum (GO BORPRO), you can send
messages directly to Philippe Kahn, the president of the company. Address
your message to his ID in EasyPlex or in BORPRO: 71056,1752. He can hardly
ignore a message directed specifically at him — or even better, several
such messages. Attack! – Bela
YES YES YES! As far as I know, Borland IS working on the Amiga version of
Turbo Pascal, but it could be put aside at any time if they thought another
project was more important. They do not believe there is a real market for
Amiga software. They should talk to SubLogic about that… Anyway, I used
to work there and I know, they DO listen to user input. The more cards &
letters they get about Turbo Pascal, the more likely they are to release
it. In addition to messages on their Forum (GO BORPRO), you can send
messages directly to Philippe Kahn, the president of the company. Address
your message to his ID in EasyPlex or in BORPRO: 71056,1752. He can hardly
ignore a message directed specifically at him — or even better, several
such messages. Attack! – Bela