Comments on: What does it mean when CodeGear “announces” Delphi 2009?

By: Kryvich

Kryvich — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:26:36 +0000

I think early announcement has advantage to people whose Software Assurance expires at the end of August – beginning of September.

By: Jolyon Smith

Jolyon Smith — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:20:41 +0000

A little birdie told me back in Jan/Feb that Tiburon would be released on August 22nd. Spookily close to the August 25th Announce date!

My guess is that the announcement was “necessary” to hit a project milestone that had been pegged more than 6 months previously. (Incidentally the official name (Delphi 2009) had also been “announced” previously).

The fact that the product itself wasn’t rushed out the door to hit that same milestone is, I think, “a good thing” though, and the fact that they are confident enough to announce, and hopefully actually release, so close to their target date, *could* also be a testament to the ability of CodeGear to hit their targets. The proof of that particular pudding will be in the quality of the release though.

By: Tom Miller

Tom Miller — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:29:28 +0000

I saw on one posting that they would announce D2009 when it went “gold”. So it shouldn’t be more then 3 weeks before product is shipping.

By: Nick Hodges

Nick Hodges — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:46:43 +0000

Well, we are announcing the products Delphi 2009 and C++Builder 2009. Those products have never existed before, and now we are letting people know that they exist and that they are available for sale. We are also announcing the actual feature sets, editions, and pricing.

I believe we’ve made similar announcements about every other product we’ve ever released over the last twenty years.

Nick Hodges
Delphi Product Manager

By: mike

mike — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:14:24 +0000

As I understand the comments given, the final version is in a distance of ~ one week from now. And ESD should begin shortly after that.

But I too don’t understand the big reason behind such announcements.

By: Bart Roozendaal

Bart Roozendaal — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:17:20 +0000

The Dutch ‘Dr. Bob’ site suggests that you can actually order the upgrade and ‘login codes’ will be emailed within 48 hours. So I guess you will be able to buy it now.

By: Bob Swart

Bob Swart — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:34:07 +0000

It means that the official name of the product and the official prices (in all relevant currencies) has been announced, so pre-orders can be taken. And with ESD licenses (electronic software delivery), it’ll be only a matter of hours after Delphi 2009 is ready before my clients and customers get their e-mail with the setup download location and their serial number. No more wait for boxes with DVDs…
See http://www.bobswart.nl/CodeGear if you’re in the BeNeLux

By: Rob Kennedy

Rob Kennedy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:23:22 +0000

CodeGear announced Delphi 2009. Take a look and you’ll notice that everything prior to this has been talking about a product code-named Tiburón. Now it has its real name. CodeGear is also accepting money for it. There’s also a news release about it, so people other than beta testers and CodeGear employees might write about it for an audience larger than (or at least different from) that of the blogs and newsgroups.

By: Lars Fosdal

Lars Fosdal — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:08:55 +0000

I guess it means we can start holding our breath…
begin end is neigh

By: Lex Y. Li

Lex Y. Li — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:30:39 +0000

At least, the documentation is finished so we know what features must be there. I guess it is a final step before shipment.