Fwd: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition

[Adi Eyal]

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   

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From: Lianne du Toit <lia...@siliconcape.com>
Date: 1 November 2013 14:39
Subject: Fwd: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
To: Adi Eyal <a...@burgercom.co.za>, Graeme Barnes <graeme...@vulcanlabs.com>

Hi Adi, 

Can we get this out there if possible?

Lianne du Toit Events Relations Silicon Cape t: 27 21 409 7028 | m: 27 82 498 0981 | e: lia...@siliconcape.com | w: www.siliconcape.com

Get a signature like this. CLICK HERE.

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From: MikeC <mi...@iafrica.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
To: Roderick Lim Banda <roder...@gmail.com>
Cc: Graeme Barnes <graeme...@vulcanlabs.com>, Darin Morris <da...@fullscap.com>, Bronwen Kausch <bro...@capechamber.co.za>, Lianne Toit <lia...@siliconcape.com>, Paul Esselaar <pa...@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]

>
> Okay, I'm a bit perplexed here:
>
> - You want a petition for Delphi (My Gr 9 girl is doing some Python)

Sorry.  Should have read through my email before I pushed send.

Adi

>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Lianne du Toit <lia...@siliconcape.com>
>> Date: 1 November 2013 14:39
>> Subject: Fwd: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
>> To: Adi Eyal <a...@burgercom.co.za>, Graeme Barnes <
>> graeme...@vulcanlabs.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi Adi,
>>
>> Can we get this out there if possible?
>>
>>   [image: photo]

>> *Lianne du Toit*

>>
>> Events Relations Silicon Cape
>> t: 27 21 409 7028 | m: 27 82 498 0981 | e: lia...@siliconcape.com | w:
>> www.siliconcape.com

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>>  Get a signature like this.

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>> CLICK
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>>
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: MikeC <mi...@iafrica.com>
>> Date: Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:27 AM
>> Subject: RE: Changing IT curriculum to Delphi: online petition
>> To: Roderick Lim Banda <roder...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Graeme Barnes <graeme...@vulcanlabs.com>, Darin Morris <
>> da...@fullscap.com>, Bronwen Kausch <bro...@capechamber.co.za>, Lianne
>> Toit <lia...@siliconcape.com>, Paul Esselaar <pa...@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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>>  [image: photo]
>> *Lianne du Toit*

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[Adi Eyal]

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" <dom...@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.

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