April 26, 2007
CodeGear Partners with MySQL
There is little about this on CodeGear site or blogs, and I saw no references even in the non-tech newsgroup, which is odd, but at the MySql Conference Borland and MySql AB have announced a partnership. Eweek an an article on this (I found the same on other sources). Truly, this is no more than an announcement of something that already happened, particularly for Delphi for PHP, but I think it is quite relevant and helps keeping CodeGear and Delphi in a sort of spotlight (certainly compared to the past few years).
Interestingly, Swindell is quoted to say that "in 2006 50 percent of CodeGear's customers had MySQL connections". The funniest portion is this:
Moreover, Urlocker, who spent some time at Borland, said: "Delphi is one of the most important rapid application development tools for Windows...
Well, considering that when he "spent some time at Borland" he was the product manager of Delphi 1, I can guess he is fond of it. Zack already blogged about CodeGear, search my blog to find out more.
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CodeGear Partners with MySQL
Hope this means BDS will be able to connect to MySQL 5 out-of-the-box. BDS 2006 can't...Comment by Luigi D. Sandon on April 27, 00:15
CodeGear Partners with MySQL
Also mentioned is the out of box availability in Delphi 2007. Will Highlander support MYSQL in ECOIV ?. Will MY SQL run time deployment license be shipped along with Delphi just like Intraweb 9 on Delphi 2007.Comment by Shankar [http://www.mlc.org.in] on April 28, 20:16
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CodeGear Partners with MySQL
Comment by Richard Foersom on April 26, 22:50