[Lazarus] Commercial components for Lazarus

[wli222]

cc_ at freemail.hu wrote:
> Hello List,
>  
> I have written a post to the database section of the Lazarus forum
> about a commercial database engine recently ported for Lazarus, which
> made me think about the whole "Commercial components for Lazarus"
> issue. This is a part of that post: (It can be found here
> http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=27411#27411
> <http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=27411#27411>)
>  
>  
> <<Lazarus is a free software, which is good, but I would pay for it
> just to get the chance to develop crossplatform in a Delphi like
> style. I believe it is important for the future of Lazarus to attract
> the developers of quality commercial components to port their work for
> Lazarus. And it is already happening. The big question is if the
> Lazarus community is willing to realize how valuable it is to have the
> wealth of quality commercial components for Lazarus we already have
> for Delphi. Are they willing to pay for it? I certainly hope they see
> that it is for the benifit of everyone. It could open the way to port
> a lot of Widows only Delphi projects for different platforms. Many
> times a suitable 3rd party component can save lots of time and money,
> so it is more efficient to spend the money on buying a good 3rd party
> product. >>
>  
> What everyone thinks about this?
>
> Regards,
> Leslie
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> I do not object the idea that some of key deveoppers of are being paid for their effort to make lazarus a good product
>   

regards Wim
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