After Microsoft success with it's free programming tools, Visual Studio Express Edition, Borland seems doesn't want to be left behind. Borland recently have been introduce a new Turbo Edition Product, consist of “Turbo™ Delphi®”, “Turbo Delphi for .NET”, “Turbo C++” and “Turbo C#”. For each of these products there will be two editions, Explorer Edition and Professional Edition. The FAQ is here.
According to the FAQ, the difference between Explorer Edition and Professional Edition are:
Explorer | Professional | |
Components | Hundreds of included components. Can’t add additional components. | All the components in Explorer InterBase Express, Indy, IntraWeb and additional sample components. Ability to add additional components |
Additional software | InterBase developer edition | InterBase developer edition Rave Reports Remote Debugger |
Turbo C++ specific | Limited ActiveX/COM functionality | Expanded ActiveX/COM server functionality |
The Explorer Edition will be free. All you to do is creating a free account on borland.com, and they will give you the licence file on your email. Want to try it? Here is the link. A course the link is only for Explorer Edition. The Delphi for Win32 Explorer Edition is about 300 MB. For Indonesian people this size is a BIG file.
Well I think it's a good thing, every programming company give their express edition of their product.
Regard Hok.
