From the Borland Pascal conference on CIS.
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 Preliminary Delphi Q&A
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 This brief explanation of Delphi is being released by Borland
 to help give general answers to some commonly asked questions.
 It is not considered a definitive product definition, but only a
 general guide to the shape the product will take when it is fully
 mature and ready for release.

 Q) What is Delphi?

 A) Delphi is an unreleased high performance visual client/server
 development tool. A portion of the Delphi technology was
 demonstrated at the BIC conference in Orlando on June 7.

 Q) What is the Delphi target audience?

 A) Delphi is targeted to corporate developers, departmental
 programmers, vertical marketing consultants,  VARs and independent
 developers who want a client/server or desktop development tool
 that is easy to use and that produces small, fast, single file
 executables.

 Q) What are the major benefits of Delphi over competing products?

 A) Delphi is the first tool that offers the high performance
 of  a native code compiler with the rapid visual development
 of client/server applications. It provides greater
 productivity, code reuse and performance than any competing product.

 Q) Will there be both a desktop and a client/server version of Delphi?

 A) Yes, there will be both a client/server version of Delphi
 and a standalone Desktop version for local PC development.

 Q) Is Delphi the same as the VBK?

 A) The press has occasionally referred to the desktop version
 of Delphi as the Visual Basic Killer (VBK). The client/server
 version of Delphi also competes against PowerBuilder.

 Q) What is the difference between the client/server version
 and desktop version?

 A) The client/server version of Delphi will include SQL links
 for connections to Oracle, Sybase, Interbase, and ODBC. It will
 also include Reportsmith and other team development tools not
 found in the desktop version.

 Q)  Will I be able to start with the desktop version and later
 upsize my applications to the client/server version?

 A) Yes.

 Q) How much will Delphi cost? Will there be upgrades?

 A) Pricing for the product has not yet been announced.

 Q) When will Delphi be released?

 A) No announcement or ship date is available at this time.

 Q) Will Delphi support DDE? OLE2? VBXs?

 A) Yes, Delphi will support DDE, OLE2, and VBX version 1.0.

 Q) What language does Delphi use?

 A) We wanted a structured object-oriented language that would
 support our goals of reuse, easy to maintain code, and high
 performance. ObjectPascal met these goals better than other
 language.

 Q) Is Delphi a replacement for Borland Pascal 7?

 A) Delphi is a new product line and does not replace BP7. BP7
 and TP7 will stay on the market.


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Thanks to Guy McLoughlin for uploading this to the "Net".