The Old Joel on Software Forum: Part 4 (of 5) - Is Borland supporting Delphi (w/o .net) in future?

Is Borland supporting Delphi (w/o .net) in future?

This is a carryover to my previous question.

Looks like Delphi 8 is .net only.
Will Delphi 7 (which compiles standalone exes) likely be supported in the future or is D 7 the "end of the line" for a Delphi version that will compile standalone exes?

Mr. Analogy
Monday, April 5, 2004

"We do recognize that Win32 support continues to be important for many Delphi developers, particularly for maintaining existing applications but also for new application development. As such we also plan to continue supporting and developing new Delphi Win32 features for the foreseeable future."

http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32024,00.html

Big B
Monday, April 5, 2004

More relevant is probably this comment from Michael Swindell:

"Our plans include moving Win32 support into the "Galileo" IDE along side Delphi .NET in the next major release - which is planned to combine both Win32 and .NET features into the same IDE"

JT
Monday, April 5, 2004