Talk:Borland Delphi

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Contents 1 History 2 Product list 3 Removed statement 4 CodeGear

[edit] History

Isn't the current last pp a rather blatant ad? - Jon Shemitz 08:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. I tried to rewrite it. Futurix 08:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Product list

Although I don't propose this be the exclusive measure used by any means, I suggest that if an product doesn't have a wikipedia page it probably isn't notable enough to be listed here (and, at any rate, it isn't useful to list it). -- Steven Fisher 16:10, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.169.56.98 (talk • contribs).

"I disagree" isn't enough argument for a revert. I suggest you create pages for the products and use that as a notability test. If the pages survive, it'll make sense to add them back. -- Steven Fisher 14:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

You have removed Inno Setup, TopStyle Pro, Beyond Compare, FastStone Image Viewer - all are leading products in corresponding areas. Since all of them are quite popular, it is probable that they will have pages of their own pretty soon (most of them also mentioned in other thematic articles, like installers for InnoSetup and comparison of image viewers for FastStone). Restored them back plus restored back some products that had pages in Wikipedia (but were still removed). Futurix 08:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Also presense of Wikipedia article is a criteria for popularity is quite superficial (I think). Futurix 08:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I did no such thing. I removed two articles, both of which were added by the same user, who claimed they were "very famous and expensive" and immediately reverted. -- Steven Fisher 14:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Oops, you're right, I deleted more than I remembered. -- Steven Fisher 14:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem ;-) Futurix 14:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

If you know something about these products, could you create a stub article for a couple of them? Or maybe even just describe them with a sentence here. When I deleted the red links, I was thinking they didn't really add anything to this article unless you already know the products. -- Steven Fisher 14:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I can write short descriptions for each of them. Would this be good enough? Or may be it will be better to group them?

Like

Development tools: Dev-C++ (IDE), Help & Manual (software manual authoring), InnoSetup (installer)

Web browsers: Avant Browser, Netcaptor

Newsgroup readers: XanaNews, Xnews

etc... Futurix 15:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking of descriptions, but I think your grouping idea is even better. -- Steven Fisher 17:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Done :-) Futurix 08:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed statement

I removed this about Virtual Pascall

Nevertheless, of the free alternatives, it is still the one with the best polished IDE and debugger though Free Pascal is getting close.

It may very well be true but it's unsourced Nil Einne 18:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CodeGear

Borland has spun off it's IDE tools group into CodeGear.

Should the article be renamed CodeGear Delphi or perhaps better Borland / CodeGear Delphi? AbstractClass 04:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)