SA Increased Unexpectedly ? Check your T’s and C’s

[Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes] Two days ago I received a renewal quote for my XE2 Professional SA. The quote included an increase that I wasn’t expecting, having not been made aware of the clause in the SA T’s and C’s that allows for an annual increase of up to 5%, regardless of the fact that the cost for a new SA subscriber taking out the same agreement on the same day is not charged the increase. Or at least any price rise hasn’t yet made it to the on-line store.

EULA Change: No Client/Server in XE3 Pro. Not even 3rd Party.

[Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes] I don’t enjoy posting this news. I really don’t. I had hoped that my next post would be a more positive report following the Auckland leg of the XE3 World Tour this morning (and that will come later today). But I feel this news is so important that it has to be mentioned, so here it is. From XE3 onwards, your Delphi Professional EULA will prohibit you from using Delphi Professional for anything other than local data access. If you want to build client/server database applications using Delphi Professional, you will be required to purchase a “Client/Server Add-On” pack.