Delphi 6 Announced

Borland has just announced
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/]Delphi 6[/URL]
, as what they call the industry's first
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.prestwood.com/about/press/2001/del6released.html]RAD Web Services Development Platform[/URL]
, supporting XML, SOAP, WSDL and XSL.

Here is a description from Borland's Delphi 6 page:

"Borland Delphi 6 is the first rapid application environment for Windows that fully supports new and emerging web services. With Delphi 6, corporate or individual developers can create next generation business applications quickly and easily."

Delphi 6 contains many
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/whatsnew.html]new features[/URL]
such as
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/featurematrix/database.html]dbExpress/DataCLX[/URL]
,
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/featurematrix/datasnap.html]DataSnap[/URL]
,
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/featurematrix/websnap.html]WebSnap[/URL]
,
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/featurematrix/bizsnap.html]BizSnap[/URL]
(see also the
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/datasheet.pdf]datasheet[/URL]
and
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/featurematrix/featurematrix.pdf]feature matrix[/URL]
, and read some of the
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/delphi/del6/quotes.html]quotes[/URL]
on Delphi 6).

Delphi 6 will be shipping June 8, in three editions:

• Delphi 6 Enterprise - This one has it all - everything you need for Windows, Internet and distributed application development.
  
  
• Delphi 6 Professional - Upgrades to Delphi 6 Professional are available to pre-order for $399 from the
  Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://shop.borland.com/Product/0,1057,3-15-CQ100580,00.html]Borland eStore[/URL]
  .
  
  
• Delphi 6 Personal - The $99 version of Delphi 6 for non-commercial Windows application development.
  
  

Of course, for true cross-platform development using CLX, you should combine Delphi 6 with
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.borland.com/kylix/]Kylix[/URL]
.

(Note: all information obtained from
Old UBB Archived Link: [URL=http://www.drbob42.com/Delphi5/index.htm]Dr. Bob's Delphi 6 Clinic[/URL]
.)

Larry J. Rutledge

Analyst

Prestwood Software

www.prestwood.com