product of the year
surprise! it's another repeat - and another tie. product of the year goes to help & manual (ec software) for the second year in a row. this time however, it must share the honor with fastreport (fastreports). for history's sake, here are the winners and runners-up for poy since the award began in 1996:
- 1996 infopower, (unknown)
- 1997 infopower, orpheus
- 1998 infopower, apollo
- 1999 reportbuilder, orpheus
- 2000 reportbuilder, apollo
- 2001 reportbuilder, advantage database server
- 2002 reportbuilder, advantage database server
- 2003 help & manual, expressquantumgrid
- 2004 fastreport and help & manual (tie for poy)
company of the year
no tie! company of the year goes to the organization with the most first-place finishes for the year, and that honor goes to developer express with four. and it wasn't a tie! it was fairly close however, with atozed software right behind with three first-place wins. and honorable mentions need to go to automatedqa and tms software with two first-place finishes apiece.
until next year
as always, i would like to thank the multitude of delphi third-party vendors who create the products that make delphi development easier and more productive. and, thank you, gentle reader, for participating in the awards process.
jerry coffey is editor-in-chief of delphi informant magazine. you can reach him at mailto:jcoffey@delphizine.com.
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