[okfn-za] [Geeklist] Fwd: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition

Sat Nov 2 09:08:29 UTC 2013

I think that I wrote my email too quickly. It is a petition against delphi
not for it.

Adi
On 01 Nov 2013 10:54 PM, "Dominic White" <dominic at white.za.net> wrote:

> I'm confused, isn't Delphi still commercial, owned by Embarcadero (I
> admit to googling that name)? Another quick Google shoes "Project JEDI"
> conserving some open source components under a Mozilla license
> http://www.delphi-jedi.org. If the concern is Open Source, isn't there
> the OpenJDK for Java?
>
> Either way, the only time I ever run into Delphi are the control panels
> for malicious trojan tools coming out of Russia. I can't think of a single
> instance of it being used in a company in production in any of my
> professional experience for the last 5 years. Should we not be pushing for
> kids to learn something directly useful?
>
> Then again, I started on Pascal in school, and it drove home some good
> starting concepts, I just can't help but feel Java would be more useful
> given it's deploy base.
>
>
> On 1 November 2013 08:27, Adi Eyal <adi at burgercom.co.za> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Apologies for the spam. Following the heated discussions on these mailing
>> lists and the subsequent meeting at the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce, an
>> online petition has been  created to petition the use of Delphi in schools.
>> Personally, I object to the use of MS Office and would prefer a petition
>> against the use of proprietary software in schools in general but this is a
>> good start. In reality, this may not result in any real change. It is
>> important, that as a community, we raise our voices against a poorly made
>> policy decision that has far reaching repercussions.
>>
>> I am of course assuming that you disagree with the policy. If you don't,
>> I apologise in advance. Feel free to call me a communist or whatever you
>> think is an appropriate insult. If you're a communist, I apologise in
>> advance.
>>
>> Regards
>> Adi
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Lianne du Toit <lianne at siliconcape.com>
>> Date: 1 November 2013 14:39
>> Subject: Fwd: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
>> To: Adi Eyal <adi at burgercom.co.za>, Graeme Barnes <
>> graeme.barnes at vulcanlabs.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi Adi,
>>
>> Can we get this out there if possible?
>>
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: MikeC <mikec at iafrica.com>
>> Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:27 AM
>> Subject: RE: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
>> To: Roderick Lim Banda <rodericklb at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Graeme Barnes <graeme.barnes at vulcanlabs.com>, Darin Morris <
>> darin at fullscap.com>, Bronwen Kausch <bronwen at capechamber.co.za>, Lianne
>> Toit <lianne at siliconcape.com>, Paul Esselaar <paul at ea.law.za>
>>
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> I’ve just signed the petition "Re-evaluate the implementation plan for
>> standardising to Delphi over Java" on Change.org.
>>
>> It's important. Please also consider signing it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Here's the link:
>>
>>
>> http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/re-evaluate-the-implementation-plan-for-standardising-to-delphi-over-java?share_id=mRYWuUhzho&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Adi Eyal
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